A visual literacy project to explore how children who have had no experience or instruction in the use of television would use the technology as a communication medium is discussed. One second and one fourth grade class were chosen to prepare three videotape "letters" communicating to their counterparts in another school information about their…

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,…

THE WELSH FIGURE PREFERENCE TEST (WFPT) CONSISTS OF 400 BLACK AND WHITE LINE DRAWINGS. THE EXAMINEE INDICATED WHETHER HE LIKES OR DISLIKES EACH DRAWING. THIS NON-LANGUAGE, OBJECTIVE METHOD OF ASSESSING PERSONALITY REVEALS TWO MAJOR FACTORS--(1) THE TENDENCY TO LIKE OR DISLIKE FIGURES, AND (2) THE TENDENCY TO PREFER SIMPLE, SYMMETRICAL FIGURES.…

The central question in this study was: can staff members responsible for administering ESEA Title III (Projects to Advance Creativity in Education, PACE) in five states comprehend PACE intents in a manner comparable to that of the United States Office of Education (USOE) staff responsible for the national administration of the act? It was…

This study attempted to assess directly whether children who had had an imaginary companion were significantly different from those who had not, in intelligence, creativity, and waiting ability, each of which had been identified in previous research as an important correlate of this phenomenon. A total of 84 children participated in this study,…

Suggested are ways to stimulate imagination, creativity, and imagery in children. Recommended for developing imagination are the thinking strategies of breaking away from the usual and commonplace, restructuring familiar elements, and synthesizing elements. Discussed are the production of creative analogies (such as personal, direct, symbolic, and…

The gifted adolescent who presents himself for therapy is distinguished from other adolescents in at least two ways. His view of himself and the world is more abstract, and his identification in finding his place in a social continuum is more difficult. Yet, the gifted adolescent has much in common with all adolescents. The clinician, however,…

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…

This study attempted to discover the distribution of feelings of security and insecurity in the population of Illinois Central College (ICC) and whether significant differences exist among various subgroups. A 10 per cent stratified random sample of students were administered Maslow's Security-Insecurity Inventory. No significant difference was…

Television as a medium for art is only beginning to be explored. This book, while noting rather than attempting to detail the possibilities and technologies involved, presents one author's thoughts on the subject and extended examples. (RH)

A symposium/workshop presented by members of the Bi-Racial Identification Committee dealt with the identification of the gifted and creative among black disadvantaged groups. The presentations were: (1) "Creative Positives of Black Disadvantaged Children" by E. Paul Torrance; (2) "Creativity As It Is Related to Expanding Educational Opportunities"…

This report presents and evaluates a simple thesis: that privacy, a manifestation of human territoriality, is a fundamental bio-social need. Aggression can serve to insure privacy. Privacy, then, allows one the freedom to explore the environment. It permits intimacy with others, and it fosters access to one's own inner feelings and experiences, a…

These studies were conducted to verify and elaborate upon the work of Dr. John L. Holland. Dr. Holland (1959) found that teacher ratings have limited value as predictors of student creativity. The first study was conducted to arrive at or depart from Holland's findings. The second study was conducted to study the relationship of training in the…

Describes recent neurophysical theories regarding the different functions of the brain's left hemisphere (linear, time-oriented, rational, and analytic) and right hemisphere (intuitive, artistic, and creative) and discusses their implications for management science. (Available from Office of Publications, Graduate School of Business…

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