During the 1960's, a good deal of research was conducted on the psychological nature and measurement of creativity and on curriculum and instruction in the nurturing of creativity. (Author)

Viewing a videotaped model giving responses to a creativity test did have an effect on sixth graders' creativity performance in this study, but the effect varied with sex, race, creativity traits measured, and test used. (MJB)

Six guidelines for designing an instrument to measure creativity are presented with a focus on the psychometric and definitional concerns. The Detroit Public School Creative Product Scales is described as a possible approach for measuring creativity. (Author)

The Egyptian architect Wissa Wassef believed artistry in crafts to be an innate human characteristic that would be universally expressed under the right conditions, i.e., the practice of the craft from early childhood. When he had Egyptian peasant children with no previous art experience weave tapestries, the results astounded the world. (RM)

A preliminary scoring system is proposed for identifying creative individuals based on rapid opposite responding to the Kent-Rosanoff Word Association list. (Author/KM)

Describes the four major instruments now in use in the study of the creative ability of young children. (Atuhor)

Cites some agriculture teachers' answers to the question, What's the most creative thing you've ever done?" (SB)

This study is based on a doctoral dissertation submitted to the City University of New York in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in psychology. (MH)

General theories and process models of behavior are analyzed relative to vessels creative functioning, creativity is defined, and theoretical concepts for six phases of the creative process are presented. (MC)

Reviews research dealing with creativity as it applies to the process of reading. (FL)

The author examines various definitions of creativity, from broad global statements to narrow views of testable traits. Concluding that none of these definitions can be operationalized in education, he suggests that educators concentrate on more definable components of creativity, such as critical thinking, aesthetics, and the imagination. (SJL)

This article highlights studies conducted before 1950 that attempted to provide insights into varying aspects of human ability such as genius and giftedness. Particular attention is given to a 1767 publication on the qualities of original genius written by William Duff and the relevance of Duff's thoughts to the current examination of creativity.…

This study compared the performance of 112 ninth-grade students on two parallel divergent thinking tests: The Verbal Forms of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (a domain independent measure) and the Creativity in History Test (a content specific measure). Results indicated that both content-specific and task-specific factors have significant…

The purpose of the conference presentation upon which this paper is inspired was to present an innovative approach to motivate students to write in a second language during a first-year Spanish class. Usually, students comply with writing exercises that convey basic thoughts, due to constrained vocabulary and limited knowledge of grammatical…

As Web 2.0 tools and technologies increase in popularity in consumer markets, enterprises are seeking ways to take advantage of the rich social knowledge exchanges that these tools offer. The problem this study addresses is that it remains unknown whether employees perceive that these tools offer value to the organization and therefore will be…