This study explored whether the "right thinking style" relates to creativity as measured by 2 types of creativity tests, which were given to 109 undergraduates. Results correlated the How Do You Think scores positively with right thinking scores on the Your Style of Learning and Thinking test and negatively with left thinking scores.…

Explores how job seekers use online computer services to gather information about their present line of work as well as jobs that represent a career change. Suggests creativity and persistence are the keys to using the virtual job market. (SK)

Responds to criticisms of author's work on instructional design and creativity. Clarifies three points from the criticized article: (1) the role of the Dick and Carey model; (2) the role of the client in the design process; and (3) the importance of performance analysis of ill-defined problems. (JMV)

A music mood-induction procedure was used to induce either elated, depressed, or neutral mood in 71 college undergraduates. Creativity measures revealed that the subjects in the elated and depressed groups showed significantly greater creativity than subjects in the neutral group. (Author/DB)

This article describes inventions devised by 50 undergraduates, and groups them into 6 categories: personal/body, home, transportation, convenience devices/services, entertainment/recreation, and miscellaneous. Examples of inventions by national winners (ages 6-12) in the Invent America Contest are also given. (DB)

This paper proposes the use of hypermedia as a design framework for creativity facilitation programs. It includes an overview of the major schools of thought in creativity, a review of fundamental concepts in hypertext and hypermedia, a discussion of design issues related to hypermedia-based creativity facilitation programs, and suggestions for…

Discusses the Manhattanville Music Curriculum Project's concentration on the purpose, substance, and means of music instruction. Describes improvisation as the dominant means for teaching concepts, knowing how music works, and knowing how to make musical sense. Urges that the same goals of aural acuity, creative thought, and musical facility are…

Creative techniques career counselors can use are described: guided imagery, idea journals, one-minute free writes, career genograms, metaphors, early recollections, career bingo, collage, hero/heroine analysis, timeline analysis, and life mapping. (SK)

Discusses time management training based on the theory that it should be a conceptual, psychological, and sociocultural process aimed at the management of self and relations with others. Guidelines for effective time management training are suggested, including supporting social needs, self-awareness, and encouraging creativity. (LRW)

Subversives have often been considered both peripheral and antithetical to organizations. Management theories have sought to marginalize or neutralize such persons. By so doing, theorists and practitioners alike weaken their organizational insight and ignore subversives' potential value. Managers should help nonconformists make environmental…

Argues that production should be treated seriously as a form of research. Asserts that such research contributes to production theory and to an overall understanding of the media. Presents a new idea about what kind of knowledge comes from production and what kind of written research typically results from this knowledge. (PRA)

This fictional account describes the innerlife of a young girl as she works to achieve her dream of becoming a writer, despite family responsibilities and other obstacles. (DB)

Analysis of aspects of critical thinking in the work of two Persian poets of the eleventh and fourteenth centuries illustrates the educative role of poetry. Its approach to symbolization fosters creativity and develops critical sensibility. (SK)

The Russian entrepreneur faces major obstacles to any long-term business venture, including hyperinflation, ineffective or missing legal procedures, infrastructure problems, and corruption in government and private sectors. Encouragement of entrepreneurial enterprise formation may help creative Russians help the country find its own prosperity.…

An experimental group of 55 older adults participated in creative activities (control group n=53). Completion of Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking and a morale scale demonstrated a positive link between creativity and life satisfaction. It was unclear whether increased satisfaction caused greater creativity or vice versa. (SK)