Multidimensional creativity tests are more cost-effective than expert opinion in predicting creative thinking. Torrance (1966) delineated five purposes for using creativity tests: to promote understanding of the human mind, assist development of individualized instruction, provide additional information for remedial and psychotherapeutic programs,…

Suggests a concept framework for online learning based on collaborative/cooperative strategies and course designs that enhance creative and critical thinking. Urges a shift to project- and problem-based learning and action-reflection cycles. (Contains 30 references.) (SK)

Highlights opportunities for engaging pleasurable and powerful literacies by looking closely at a student's appropriations of the popular text Pokemon. Shows the literacies he learned and used while participating as a member of a Pokemon club and in creating his own Pokemon cards. Discusses the powerful and creative learning students can bring to…

Outlines seven principles, in Swahili and English, of Kwanzaa, known as the Nguzo Saba: umoja (unity), kujichagulia (self-determination), ujima (collective work and responsibility), ujamaa (cooperative economics), nia (purpose), kuumba (creativity), and imani (faith). Uses these principles to lay the foundation for a problem-posing education in…

The University of Warwick offers an Economics and Business Studies Post Graduate Certificate in Education. Its "Creativity through Business" project generated enthusiasm among participating teachers for education-business links. (SK)

Determined the degree to which a sample of one child's creative utterances related to utterances that the child previously produced. Utterances were intelligible, multi-word utterances produced by the child in a single hour of interaction with her mother. Results suggest the high degree of creativity in early English child language could be…

Observations of each child (n=24) in two sixth grade art rooms in Ankara, Turkey, and the building by students of 1/20 models of ideal art rooms found three elements of creativity (person, process, and product) were significantly different from each other. Process and product occurring within the same environment were highly correlated with each…

Discusses the Test for Creative Thinking--Drawing Production (TCT-DP), a creativity test suitable for most age and ability groups. Explores the possibility of implementing TCT-DP among kindergarten children in Korea. Results from a TCT-DP field study on 1366 Korean preschool children are comparable to those found in previously reported German…

In a sample of 45 kindergarten children, significant, but relatively weak correlations were found between the Nebraska Starry Night Observation Protocol (NSNO) and the originality and elaboration scores of the concurrent measure, the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Implications of using the NSNO to identify young creative children are…

Discusses creativity in terms of imagination and knowledge. Considers how students have a need to create. Explores how creativity helps young adults "get through the darkness." Notes ways to use writing to foster creativity. Addresses ideas such as the magic of the unknown and the place of knowledge. (SG)

The paper questions the relationship among reason, imagination, and empathy, and argues that empathy fosters critical and creative thinking and that its enhancement should be adopted as an important educational goal. The paper proposes that critical and creative thinking are much more integrated processes than often supposed. (JDD)

Research reports are reviewed which illustrate the close ties between creativity and entrepreneurship. Comparisons of the characteristics and behavior typical of creative individuals and entrepreneurial individuals indicate the existence of striking similarities. (JDD)

Five articles discuss the relationship between creativity and entrepreneurship, focusing on: measuring entrepreneurial success in ways other than monetary profit, developing an entrepreneurial culture in large organizations, creating a business based on development of a new software product, managing a fast-growing company, and evaluating business…

A study found that children whose mothers pushed them to attain academic success in preschool were less creative, had more anxiety about tests, and by the end of kindergarten, had failed to maintain their initial academic advantage over their less-pressured peers. (MLW)

This investigation examined the relationships among a teacher's creative thinking, playfulness, and degree of sensitivity in interactions with preschool children during play. Results indicated that expected positive relationships among creativity, playfulness, and an elaborate teaching style were found only for the students. (Author/PB)