The following is a rather creative approach to book reviewing. The book is entitled Handbook of Learning Exercises, Herbert Engel; Houston, Gulf Publishing Company, 1973. (Editor)

Encourages parents to have more respect for children's play and to spend more time observing their child's play because observation is an effective form of reinforcement. (ED)

Fifty students from intermediate level learning disabilities classrooms were administered the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking as pretests and posttests to measure the effectiveness of creativity instruction on the creative written expression of the subjects. For 14 weeks the Purdue Creative Thinking Program was used to stimulate the learning…

A STUDY OF LITERATURE ON CREATIVITY IS PRESENTED. CREATIVITY DEMANDS AN AWARENESS OF PROBLEMS, ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE ON THESE PROBLEMS, ABILITY TO TOLERATE, PERHAPS WELCOME, THE TENSION OF AN UNSOLVED PROBLEM. CREATIVE PEOPLE CAN BE YOUNG, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO WORK IN A FREE SITUATION. THEY ARE SELF-STARTING, WITH HIGH INTELLECTUAL ABILITY. THEIR…

Designed for senior high gifted and creative students, the unit focuses on developing creativity in imagery production and technical skills in filmmaking. Five lessons provide information on objectives, materials, and presentation activities for the following topics: color, dialogue, score, angles and shots, film critique, creative imagery, and…

The study investigated the impact of participation in a creativity instructional program on measures of creative thinking and problem solving with 49 learning disabled intermediate level students and a control group of 24 nondisabled students. The Purdue Creative Training Program was used as the independent variable. Analysis of verbal fluency,…

To differentiate student creativity by various tasks, the investigator used two classes with many minority-group students for whom certain admission requirements had been waived. In lieu of final exam, 17 experimental (Minority) and 28 control students received tests of creative thinking. Two forms were used, each with three separate figural…

Videotape recordings involve the viewers in a process which imparts immediacy and allows for the varied views and interpretations of those viewing it--unlike print which relegates information as something to be used later and which results in a response conditioned by the presentation. Experimental education should utilize this new technique to…

Discusses the need for teaching creativity in engineering education and ways to develop and encourage creative thinking. (MLH)

Evaluated with 25 regular classes was the effectiveness of three curriculum teaching processes of developing creativity based on J. Gowan's rational-psychedelic continuum. (BB)

Analyzes the writing the author has done since he first began to write, and traces his writing development. (DD)