This monograph deals specifically with the challenge of recognizing or assessing creativity. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 2 focuses on definitions and characteristics of creativity to help clarify the nature and meaning of creativity and creative thinking, and to consider the implications of those definitions for assessment. The…

Torrance's longitudinal study predicting adult creative achievement was reexamined employing a multiple regression analysis. Application to 211 cases found that 4 predictors explained 49% of the total variance in adult creative achievement. They were creativity test score, childhood future career image, intelligence test score, and the existence…

This study investigated what effect divergent-thinking training focusing on a single task would have on the creative performance of 79 seventh graders on a closely related task. Students received training in poetry-relevant, divergent-thinking skills. The training was found to have a significant impact on the students' creativity in writing…

Looks at the concept of creativity, and provides an explanation of its development in humans using a socio-cognitive framework proposed by the psychologist Lev Vygotsky. Applies this theoretical framework to the development of, and attitude toward, creative thinking in the Chinese culture as contrasted with western cultures. (DSK)

Creativity is an important entity in developing human capital while computer games are the current generation's contemporary tool. This study focused on the teaching of computer games development in order to enhance the creative perception of secondary school children. The study applied randomised subjects, with control group experimental design,…

As the entry-level information technology jobs could be easily outsourced offshore, the demand for U.S. employees who are innovative and productive in information technology (IT) project design, development, and management is growing among U.S. companies. This controlled experiment presents how a model of integrating students' intelligence…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the implications of Media Literacy Education (MLE) in Turkey by analyzing the Primary School Curricula in terms of MLE comparatively in Turkey, Ireland and Finland. In this study, the selection of Finland and Ireland curricula is related with those countries' being the pioneering countries in MLE and the…

How can broadcast educators teach student practitioners of the 1990s and beyond to attain a fresh viewpoint, especially during on-air announcing performance, the traditional entry point for most careers? Speech performed by music radio announcers under "ad-lib" on-air conditions creates a "theater of the mind" visualization…

To examine the relationship between reflection-impulsivity and creativity in hearing impaired and unimpaired elementary children, 26 hearing impaired and 16 hearing children (8-13 years old) were administered the Matching Familiar Figures Test and the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Correlation coefficients were calculated to examine the…

A look at two areas of research in group dynamics: Individual behavior conformity to certain pressures of group processes, and the "risky shift phenomenon," which theorizes that the group tends to be a more dynamic and venturesome unit than does the individual acting alone. (Author/HB)

To attain adequate mental health and to develop into independent adults, children need to have freedom to grow. They need to (1) learn to make choices, (2) set their own directions, (3) follow their own interests, and (4) work at their own level and in their own way. (RC)

Discusses the important role solitary play has in the development of imagination, reflection, and analytical thinking. (ED)

Considered the experiences and creative expression of children and how they interact. (RK)

Article presented problem-solving suggestions designed to help us become more creative. (Author/RK)

This article discusses kite design and construction. (PD)