To examine the relationship of bilingualism to the creative thinking abilities of Mexican youth, four subtests from the "Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking" were administered to Spanish-English coordinate bilingual and Spanish monolingual subjects from two private high schools in Mexico. The bilinguals scored significantly higher on the dependent…

This paper presents a new research instrument, The Lifetime Creativity Scales (LCS), along with validation evidence based on two large and independent samples. Views on creativity are discussed, the background of the LCS is reviewed, and the LCS are briefly described. The seven scales--three measuring peak creativity, three measuring extent of…

Criteria that have been identified as characterizing creative ability in mathematics are discussed. (DT)

Author attempted to measure the creative potential of young women comparing them to young men. (RK)

Most educators have not studied the research evidence regarding creativity and know little about the personality characteristics of creative people. Research has shown, for example, that creative people are aesthetically sensitive, imaginative, and flexible. They are also self-reliant individualistic, independent, and perceptive, and have a…

The document on characteristics and identification, is the first book in a multimedia program "Educating the Gifted and Talented," a series designed to provide background information, supplementary materials, workshop activities, and discussion questions for individuals and teachers who work or are preparing to work with gifted and…

The paper identifies some major issues in assessing creative problem solving. Four main problems are discussed: (1) no single widely accepted theory of creativity exists; (2) there is a lack of understanding of the implications of the differences in assessment procedures; (3) researchers, on the one hand, view creativity as entirely a cognitive…

The problem of this research design was to determine the effect of the degree of bilingualism upon creative acts in 10th grade high school students who are Anglo-oriented as compared with bilinguals who are non Anglo-oriented. A total 600 bilingual students, 300 from each of two high schools in Laredo School District (Spanish usage reinforced) and…

The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Elementary Science Study (ESS) materials for developing creativity in children. Three hypotheses were formulated to the effect that children who receive ESS instruction will achieve higher scores on Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) Figural and Verbal, and on the investigator's…

Reviews of research in the area of creativity have consistently emphasized the importance of the criterion problem while simultaneously documenting its neglect by contemporary investigators. The failure to explicitly place the criterion problem within an appropriate conceptual model is perhaps a major reason for the failure to confront directly…

A review of research on creative thinking indicates that children labeled as disadvantaged have creative strengths upon which to build a program of education. Studies have shown that, in general children from a relatively disadvantaged background perform better on tasks of figural creativity than their advantaged peers. If teachers are to…

The author has identified a set of creative positives that occur frequently among disadvantaged children and upon which can be built successful educational programs. Many of these characteristics have commonly been regarded as educational deficits, but he contends that these qualities are positive strengths which can be capitalized on to…

An attempt is made to formulate, develop, and test principles for: (1) creating an environment which places high value on creativity; (2) guiding the evaluative behavior of teachers, counselors, and administrators; and (3) helping children develop evaluative behavior conducive to creative thinking. (Author/DB)

After receiving creativity instruction in how to approach laboratory problems, a group of college chemistry students made significant improvements in both laboratory technique and creativity as shown on an instrument designed for this study. (MLH)

Procedures are described which yielded very high inter-judge reliability in grading creative writing.