The study involving 103 fifth graders supported previous findings linking classroom climate with students' creative functioning and indicated that both the Productive Thinking Program (PTP) and activities based on the Creative Problem Solving program were successful in enhancing students' creative problem solving. Teachers preferred the more…

Author discusses the relationship between imagery and creativity as well as the role that imagery played in creative functioning. (Author/RK)

Considers the essence of creative expression and how man has reacted in the face of his inevitable physical demise. (RK)

Attempts to formulate some of the questions about school systems that students and teachers are complaining about. (Author/RK)

Analyzes three views of the process of creative writing, pointing out weaknesses in each of the three. (DD)

E. P. Torrance: His Life, Accomplishments, and Legacy is a tribute to the renowned creativity researcher, university teacher, and mentor to numerous individuals throughout the world. This monograph is presented in three sections which include a discussion of Torrance's life, followed by an overview of his accomplishments, including his creativity…

This paper takes as its data the assumptions, processes of deduction, and data types used in leading publications of historiometric studies of creativity. The paper uses this data to question the philosophical assumptions of the historiometrics of creativity from within its own positivist paradigm and to argue that its conclusions are…

Basic facilities and layout for photography classes make available almost endless possibilities with which to develop individual creative potentials. (Author)

Discussed the creation of contrapuntal designs and student satisfaction in developing those designs (Author/RK)

Article considers the causes of happiness and unhappiness in relation to the creative person. (RK)

Author investigates the nature of creativity, specifically the who, what, how, why, and where of creativity. (Author/RK)

Suggests an upward extension of Piaget's theory through dialectic operations because the current theory fails to represent adequately the thought and emotions of mature and creative persons. (CS)

Article describes the search for a subject, how to photograph it and how to print it. (Author/RK)

Recommended are 11 books to encourage the creative development of children. (DB)