Annotations and bibliographic information are provided for reports, journal articles and other documents referring to scientists and engineers received by the U. S. Civil Service Commission library between 1965 and 1969. The documents are classified and reported in the following sections: supply and demand for technical personnel; personnel…

A copy of the "What Kind of Person are You? Test, which was used to measure the creative personality of the students in the Georgia Governor's Honors Program, is provided. This instrument is a 50-item forced-choice creative personality inventory. The items call for the respondent to make a choice between socially desirable characteristics on…

A picture story about the preparation of a child for school is presented. Topics included are: the early years, the changing process, individual differences, preparing for learning, preparation for reading, learning with others, self-reliance, self-care, sharing, preparation for the future, reading readiness, and creativity. (CK)

In this study, the evaluation of pupil creativity was partitioned into affective and cognitive components while teacher behavior was divided into classroom practices and teacher attitude. Nine hundred and forty-five fifth grade pupils from a small city district were studied for one year. The teacher attitude measure did not relate to creative…

Addressed more to the working creative writer than to the literary student, this book is intended to be a collection of "hints, tips, provocations, and scoldings--all of it intended as tonic." The author, who writes from personal experience as a creative writer, attempts to share some of his speculative insights about the writing process and the…

Written in a format intended to aid educators in writing behavioral objectives, this guide first identifies four variables an acceptable objective must have--institutional, behavioral, instructional and evaluative. After defining the variables, the reader is asked to identify them in a selection of objectives and/or to identify the elements that…

Written especially for teachers and principals, the volume presents a brief overview of current thoughts on problems and practical guidelines in elementary school programing for gifted and talented children. Examples of content, teaching methods, and various administrative procedures are provided on the elementary school level for the stated…

Two different approaches to identifying creative potential in writers were compared: (1) A cognitive-factor approach and (2) a personality approach. The objective is to determine whether the cognitive or personality tests are better able to distinguish between more creative and less creative writers. A review of the literature was conducted.…

This book, a project of the Montana Arts Council Poets and Writers in the School program, is a collection of poems written by students in elementary and secondary schools of Montana. In addition to the poems, the book contains an essay on motivating and guiding students to write creatively, a list of resources for creative-writing teachers, an…

The author reexamines the status of literature as a form of knowledge and offers some suggestions designed to help improve the characterization of literature, against the background of Sartre's writings on the aesthetic enterprise. (Author/SJL)

Three approaches to teaching university-level creative problem-solving skills are described. (BD)

Creative drawings of three preschool girls were modified using reinforcement procedures. Adult judges gave higher ratings of creativity for drawings with increased form diversity but not for those with increased color diversity. The role of social validation in defining and encouraging creativity is discussed. (Author/BH)