Purpose of this paper is to identify several critical problems and areas of needed research on the measurement of creativity. The area is surveyed in three general categories: validity, reliability, and usability. (Authors/CB)

Purpose of this paper is to synthesize the various aspects of the relationship between students' creativity and the basic elements of the school system; and to show some of the implications of such relationship for the functioning of society. (Author/CB)

Defends educational accountability against the charges of Robert Samples ( Media & Methods,'' Sep 1972). (RB)

Reports on a mini-course in computer syntax in which students program an IBM 1401 computer to print out poetry. (RB)

Purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the relevance of Arthur Koestler's theory of creativity for assessing the effectiveness of nursery school programmes. (Author/CB)

A potpourri of comments on educational developments, humor, America's leading intellectuals, and books for vacation reading. (RK)

By understanding the creative act it may be possible to assess the effectiveness of the traditional nursery school program for all children, including developmentally handicapped children. (Editor)

The study concludes that the Torrance Figural Test (Form B) of Creative Thinking seems to have little utility in predicting course grades in a college of fine and applied arts. (Author)

This rejoinder is based on comments appearing in Spring 1971 issue of Educational Theory which in turn commented on author's article in the Summer 1969 issue. (MB)

Open spaces, it has become apparent, do not necessarily guarantee freedom in the classroom. Freedom to learn, to grow, and to select your own learning activity does not seem to be a function of walls or lack of walls. (Author)

Unstructured classes permit student creativity and self-growth but involve complexities that require the instructor to exercise restraint and caution. (Editor)

Illustrates the use that can be made of aestheometry'' (the aesthetics of geometry) in stimulating student inquiry and in promoting interdisciplinary study by providing instructions for the construction of an illusion of a floating sphere in a pattern of threads. (AL)