Article developed from remarks made to the University of Illinois Institute for Advanced Study in Aesthetic Education held in the summer of 1967.

To clear up some of the existing confusion in gifted education terminology, the paper suggests several alternative ways of looking at the terms talented, creative, and gifted, with particular emphasis on the last two. Noted among distinctions are that the gifted have a global intellectual ability, the creative have the ability to produce…

The nine articles in this monograph deal with aesthetics from a broad-based approach appealing to an eclectic dance audience. The papers were written by dancers, dance philosophers, and physical educators. Two papers examine the role of the body as the dancers' aesthetic medium, including the use of yoga to increase body awareness. Other papers…

This annotated bibliography identifies over 140 books, essays, and newsletters which are concerned with the convergence of the sciences with parapsychology. Most entries were published since 1950 although some date back to the early 1900s. Entries are presented alphabetically by author within four categories: psychological-metaphysical critiques…

The paper considers myths about the educability of children from varying ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and addresses the special needs of gifted Black adolescents. Hereditary, environmental, and developmental views toward educability are reviewed, and the developmental position is further examined as it relates to minority…

TESTS AND RATING CRITERIA WITH KEYS AND SCORING INSTRUCTION WERE COMPILED DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE SUTHERLIN PROGRAM IN CREATIVITY. THESE TESTS HAVE PROVED EFFECTIVE IN IDENTIFYING THE STUDENTS WHO NEED A PARTICULAR APPROACH WITHIN THE FIELD OF CREATIVITY. CORRELATION BETWEEN TESTS AND RATINGS WAS POSITIVE. THESE INSTRUMENTS MAY BE USED…

IN THE SPRING OF 1961, TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED TO SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY CREATIVITY WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT OR ACHIEVEMENT. IN THE 2D YEAR THE TESTS WERE REFINED, AND A SECOND GROUP OF CREATIVE STUDENTS WAS FORMED. IN 1963, FIFTH-GRADE CLASSES WERE SET UP, IN ADDITION TO A THIRD SEVENTH-GRADE CLASS. TESTS FOR THE…

THIS STUDY SOUGHT TO IDENTIFY VARIABLES RELATED TO EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATION IN MILITARY OPERATIONS. THE GOAL WAS TO DEVELOP TESTS TO CLASSIFY OFFICERS AND AIRMEN, BASED UPON ALL OF THE BROAD COMMUNICATION ABILITIES NEEDED IN THE AIR FORCE. THE RESEARCH OUTLINE CONSISTED OF REVIEWING COMMUNICATION STUDIES AND OTHER TESTS, PREPARING A REDUCED…

This selected bibliography of articles and books concerns the effects of industrial climate on research performance. (HW)

Through his prose and poetry, John Keats revealed much about his personal outlook and values that might be applied to a description of poets in general. Keats was fascinated by the workings of the human mind with its power to transform, connect, and communicate. He was full of curiosity, eager to relate the fragments of knowledge he acquired to…

Encouraging children to create imaginary worlds through writing provides them with ways of coping with the world in which they live, gives them the satisfaction of creating order and experiencing success, and prompts their natural inclinations to plan for a better future. In addition, such planning for utopias can both improve the quality of…

Students who scored very high, very low, and average on the ACT test were compared on their responses to 48 items of six nonacademic achievement scales. The six categories were: leadership, music, drama and speech, art, writing, and science. Significant, though slight, relationships were found between academic ability and several specific…

The first in this group of four papers presents an innovative technique of profile analysis called Shape-Type Criteria of Profiles, which uses both the information inherent in the order in which the elements of a profile occur and the information contained in the magnitude of the profile elements themselves to provide objective measures of profile…

The primary purpose of this study was to determine if an increase in creative ability occurs when prospective elementary mathematics teachers are exposed to, and participate in, the various aspects of a creative classroom environment. A secondary purpose was to determine the nature of the relationship which exists between creative ability, as…