The Effect of Synectics Training on Gifted and Nongifted Kindergarten Students.

Meador, Karen S.

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ERIC Number: EJ496239

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Publication Date: 1994

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The Effect of Synectics Training on Gifted and Nongifted Kindergarten Students.

Meador, Karen S.

Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v18 n1 p55-73 Fall 1994

Comparison of 107 kindergarten children who either were or were not in a gifted program and received or did not receive special training in synectics (a strategy to facilitate creative thinking) found significant improvement in creativity scores for experimental but not control groups but not more for gifted than for nongifted children. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Gifted, Instructional Effectiveness, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Primary Education, Problem Solving, Skill Development, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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