Describes "Invention Workshops" that were conducted as part of science programs for elementary and middle schools. Three types of workshops capitalize on the history of inventions, the personalities of inventors, and the invention process. (RH)

Eighty-nine Black preschoolers (advantaged and disadvantaged) participated in sociodrama, verbal training, or control groups. Among results was that differences in socioeconomic groups were related to creative response style rather than to overall ideational, fluency, and originality in divergent production. (CL)

Discusses creativity and the creative process. Delineates four habits that may be prevalent among community college educators that inhibit creativity (e.g., the pursuit of perfection and the need for personal control). Argues for creativity in leadership and suggests strategies by which educational leaders may encourage their own and others'…

The purpose of this paper was to present specific instructional objectives and learning hierarchies, which are diagrams of the organization of the skills and prerequisite accomplishments involved in a more complex, general learning outcome, that were developed for a creative problem-solving course. (Author/RK)

Article looked briefly at some of the aspects of William Wells Brown's life and attempted to interpret them within the context of creativity. (Author/RK)

The rapid rise in entrepreneurship programs and centers has been fueled by unprecedented student demand, and the popularity of entrepreneurship courses is outstripping the supply in programs across the United States. Entrepreneurship education has been criticized as a fad by some, but it appears to have established a firm beachhead in higher…

The balance between conformity to state standards and creativity in providing for individual differences in the classroom is discussed. With the current emphases on accountability and standards, learning opportunities for students are supposed to be aligned with state-mandated objectives. This may lead to a situation in which rote learning,…

Considers the process of creativity and its expression in the drawings of children. (RK)

Article contains a listing of recent works relating to Creativity and Problem-Solving as reported in Dissertation Abstracts. (Author/RK)

Presents two proposals designed to facilitate the development of behavioral objectives: the inclusion of concrete examples with abstract behavioral descriptions and an emphasis on the behavioral nature of teachers' judgments. (DD)

Article investigated the use of biographical, personality, attitudinal and motivational information for predicting creative potential. (Author/RK)

Described an instrument for developing ideas which will enable organizations to work out creative solutions to problems and issues. (Author/RK)

Article showed students creating paper collage in meeting the art challenge to explore and to work creatively with familiar and freely available material. (Author/RK)

This nationwide study concerned the relation of classroom behavior and student-teacher relationships to facilitation of creativity in college students. Encouragement outside the classroom was found to be the most important aspect affecting creativity. (Author)

Reports that a comparison of scores obtained from 184 fourth through sixth graders on tests of verbal and nonverbal creative thinking and arithmetic tests produced significant correlations of small to moderate magnitude between verbal originality and mathematics. (TO)