This article describes lessons that link mathematics topics with literature, the NCTM's Navigations series, and art projects. Each lesson is designed around a theme and is laced throughout with fantasy. (Contains 13 figures.)

This photo essay includes children's reflections on the opportunities offered by Artists/Writers Workshop for meaning-making in two languages--the language of pictures and the language of words. As students move back and forth between pictures and words, they experience transmediation. They create new meanings, find new and stronger voices, and…

Creativity in the mathematics classroom is not just about what pupils do, but also what teachers do. If they are thinking creatively about the mathematical experiences they offer their pupils they can open up opportunities for them to be creative. This article reflects the belief of staff at the NRICH Mathematics Project that mathematics is about…

To facilitate an increase in student learning, the curriculum for the Principles of Management course at Collin County Community College was redesigned to reflect a business organization environment. This course differs from the traditional approach in the following ways: (1) the course is based on 47 competencies a team of corporate managers…

Aided by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), Metropolitan State University (Minnesota) developed 18 credit carrying theory seminars and added them to the regular curriculum. These seminars were offered beginning mid-April 1985, and continue to be offered. They add theoretical learning to the students'…

The work of E. P. Torrance concerning creative thinking abilities, creative learning and teaching, the creative learning environment, and the measurement of creative thinking is discussed. Torrance began his pioneering research on the nature of creative thinking in 1958 with pilot testing of his first batteries designed to assess creative thinking…

Algebraic equations and geometric forms are useful in teaching and learning composition. Algebraic equations can illustrate the modular nature of paragraph structures and can be refined by students to describe types of paragraphs. Discussion of the "slippery" nature of words and their power of transformation can be a lecture topic as the class…

THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO STUDY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A HIGHLY CREATIVE SCHOOL AS OPPOSED TO A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL. FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS OF COMPARABLE SOCIOECONOMIC AND STUDENT ABILITY LEVEL WERE INVOLVED. TWO WERE JUDGED TO BE OF THE HIGHLY CREATIVE TYPE. THE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN VARIOUS TESTS, AND CLASSES WERE OBSERVED. THE FINDINGS SHOWED THE…

Collected here are articles by 24 authors on the art of creative teaching through the use of media. This collection is divided into two main parts. Part I entitled "Why?" is comprised of general essays and conversations on teaching. Part II entitled "How and Why?" covers creative teaching with sample experiences and discussions of materials and…

Irving Taylor's paper formulates a theory of creativity which emphasizes the alteration of the environment in accordance with personal patterns of perception. The necessary components are elaborated: (1) an explanatory statement of motivation in creativity; (2) a delineation of the forms creativity can take; (3) an identification and…

Classroom teachers should work at altering classroom activity so that it is process-centered, so that it piques the curiosity of the students, and demands both left and right brain involvement. Literature can be used as well as any other art form in stimulating this kind of learning process. (Author/EB)

Columbus Ohio's unorthodox experiment in the fact of winter fuel shortages offers some highly persuasive lessons for long-term school reform. (Author)

Lectures and workbooks cannot instill curiosity and continuous interest or the disposition to respond to experiences in certain ways. This article examines sabateurs of the learning disposition (such as reinforcing learned stupidity and using rewards that suppress interest) and suggests curriculum strategies to engage young minds, such as using…