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Campbell, Don – 2000
The Mozart Effect is defined as the ability of Mozart's music to temporarily heighten listeners' spatial awareness and intelligence, to improve listeners' concentration and speech abilities, and to advance reading and language skills. This book provides information about the ways in which the rhythm and tone components of music can enhance…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Health, Children, Cognitive Development
Treffinger, Donald J. – 2000
This guide contains 12 practical tools to help educators link instruction in Creative Problem Solving (CPS) with today's focus on authentic assessment. It offers a variety of practical, reproducible instruments and checklists for use in evaluating students' knowledge of CPS concepts and tools, assessing students' attitudes about CPS and their…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Boriss-Krimsky, Carolyn – 1999
Children are born artists, and artistic talent emerges from the interplay of proclivity, cultural enrichment, and nurturance. Intended to demystify art for parents and teachers and to help them understand what the art experience is like for the child or adolescent, this book discusses visual art concepts in simple terms and presents art as a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Art Activities, Art Education, Children
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Michaelson, L. W. – Educational Forum, 1973
Article reflects the attitudes of past social groups as they have affected literature from the time of Copernicus and, consequently, the reading materials of current literature students. (RK)
Descriptors: Creativity, Cultural Influences, Literary Discrimination, Literary History
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Vernon, P. E. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1972
Results of the battery of verbal divergent thinking tests differed markedly between the sexes and the test battery showed superior validity among girls. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Creativity Tests, Divergent Thinking, Factor Structure, Grade 8
Mealy, Virginia T. – Instructor, 1973
Teachers help children to experience art by challenging their fifth graders with the responsibility of an art project. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Products, Class Activities, Creative Development
Urbina, Susana; And Others – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Creativity, Cultural Influences, Femininity
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Kaltsounis, Bill – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Stemmler, Anne O. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Creativity, Critical Reading
Adams, Henry L.; And Others – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: American Culture, College Freshmen, Conformity, Creativity
Feeney, Georgiana – Claremont Coll Reading Conf 32nd Yearbook, 1968
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Creativity, Divergent Thinking, Educational Philosophy
Anastasi, Anne; Schaefer, Charles E. – J Appl Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Creativity Research, Environmental Influences, Family Characteristics
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Markman, Roberta Hoffman – College English, 1983
Advocates teaching the fairy tale as a way to introduce students to the complex and subtle processes of literature and to their own creative activity. (JL)
Descriptors: Creativity, Fairy Tales, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
Torrance, E. Paul – NJEA Review, 1982
Two programs are described: the first, the Future Problem Solving Program, is an interdisciplinary approach to studying and solving future problems. The second, Quality Circles, originally a management technique, has been implemented in schools to improve motivation, attendance, learning, and quality of life. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Creative Expression, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
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Torrance, E. Paul – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1982
The Quality Circle is a simple management technique in which workers in the same production area meet to solve company problems. The Quality Circle has been applied to elementary and secondary schools in Japan to help students to develop creative problem solving skills and independent study skills. Recommendations are given for implementing…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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