The selected bibliography of gifted and creativity programs contains approximately 80 abstracts with indexing information explained to be drawn from the computer file of abstracts representing the Council for Exceptional Children Information Center's complete holdings as of July, 1972. Abstracts are said to be chosen using the criteria of…

This report investigates improvement of pupils' creative thinking and problem-solving abilities through direct educational efforts. The sample consisted of 739 pupils and their teachers from 36 fifth grade classes in two Indiana public school systems. Five sub-tests from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking were administered to all teachers to…

A study of intellectual and creative achievers in two periods of significant intellectual and creative achievement, 18th century Scotland and 15th century Florence, found that one of the most significant variables was longevity. Achievement was more or less continuous over the whole life span. (Author)

The article describes the Creativity Mobilization Technique, a nonverbal process-oriented method involving work with brush, paint, and paper that attempts to activate functions essential for various types of creative activities. (Author/SBH)

To test the relationship between risk-taking and creativity, 10 groups of four undergraduates were administered the Choice Dilemma Questionnaire and a subtest of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. This was followed by the standard group process noted to result in a risky shift, and then by post-testing. (Author)

The author explains a method of increasing sensory awareness through experiencing the sight, sound, feel, smell, and taste of a pine cone. (IM)

Interviews with eleven Nobel Prize winners illustrate that, although a scientific discovery generally involves some kind of imaginative insight, there is no one obvious pattern whereby it manifests itself. (Author/MJB)

The author discusses obstacles to creative thinking in secondary and college students, and stresses the importance of shifting the emphasis from finding solutions to recognizing problems, and realizing that nothing one can learn is irrelevant. (CL)

Discussed are the relationship between learning and divergent production and implications for the development of academic abilities. (Author/JYC)

The Object Assembly and Block Design Tests of the Wechsler Scale were correlated with the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking for a sample of undergraduates. Results indicate that these Wechsler Scales may reflect creative thinking. (JKS)

Discusses the difficulties to be faced in teaching creative writers and suggests ten techniques of teaching creative writing. (DD)

Presents and analyzes Judy Brown's exercises to increase innovative thinking for fiction writing. (DD)