Interviews with eleven Nobel Prize winners illustrate that, although a scientific discovery generally involves some kind of imaginative insight, there is no one obvious pattern whereby it manifests itself. (Author/MJB)

The author discusses obstacles to creative thinking in secondary and college students, and stresses the importance of shifting the emphasis from finding solutions to recognizing problems, and realizing that nothing one can learn is irrelevant. (CL)

Discussed are the relationship between learning and divergent production and implications for the development of academic abilities. (Author/JYC)

The Object Assembly and Block Design Tests of the Wechsler Scale were correlated with the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking for a sample of undergraduates. Results indicate that these Wechsler Scales may reflect creative thinking. (JKS)

Discusses the difficulties to be faced in teaching creative writers and suggests ten techniques of teaching creative writing. (DD)

Presents and analyzes Judy Brown's exercises to increase innovative thinking for fiction writing. (DD)

Discusses basic concepts of science, the role of creativity in scientific innovation, some misconceptions about science, and the nature of scientific discovery. (SL)

The influence of listening to humor on creativity tests of adolescents is investigated. It was found that those adolescents who listened to the record performed significantly better on a creativity test than control groups. (Author/DEP)

Theories on the variability of creativity in individuals are discussed and related to the development of creativity in the classroom. (SBH)

Knowing a place well may demand experiencing it from the inside to see it in detail and viewing it from the outside to attain greater perspective. This article suggests elements that contribute to understanding home when away by using the works of American expatriate writers who lived in Paris in the 1920s. (RM)

The author describes the process an inventor uses to create a new item. The process includes (1) problem identification, (2) background research, (3) data collection, (4) imagination, and (5) limitation identification. He suggests that students should learn this process to become creative problem solvers. (CH)

Summarizes events at the 1988 Special Libraries Association (SLA) annual conference which addressed such issues as the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Library Awareness Program, SLA professional development projects, creativity, and child care at conferences and the workplace. A listing of SLA officers and awards is included. (MES)

Indicates a paradox in good writing: goals of truth and originality hinder writers, but at the same time, consistent and interesting writing must appear true and original. (MS)

The article suggests ways in which common aspects of theories of creativity can be understood within a framework of Piagetian constructivism. It argues that creativity has been too narrowly defined. Creative constructive abilities are available to all people interacting with their social environments and stem from natural intellectual processes.…