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Pope, Louise Ombres – 1990
An investigation was made of the relationships between creativity and factors associated with the aging process of retired and current artists over the age of 65. Its focus was to determine differences among three groups of creative people--continuing artists, retired artists, and new artists--in terms of their views of how aging affects…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Change
Peak, Rogene; Hull, Connie – 1983
In order to assess the effect of relaxation training and imagination exercises on the creativity of elementary-age students, 94 children in first through fourth grades were randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group. Prior to the treatment, all students were pretested on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Children in the…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity Research, Creativity Tests, Elementary Education
Daniels, Roberta R.; And Others – 1984
Progressive competencies were identified for gifted students in grades kindergarten through 12 as a result of a survey of over 600 administrators, classroom teachers, and teachers of the gifted. Competencies were identified for four levels of development in the following six specific skill areas: creativity, affective development, academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Competency Based Education, Creative Development
Russell, Don W., Ed. – 1984
The collection of instructional plans is designed to offer samples of strategies and ideas to teachers involved with gifted students. Approximately 30 plans are presented for the following areas (sample subtopics in science (atomic fusion), social studies (mores and folkways), mathematics (spatial relations), health and physiology, philosophy, and…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Creative Development, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textThompson, Christine Marme – 1988
This selective review of literature presents research and theory in support of the proposition that language is an essential component of early artistic development, and is crucial to the nature and nurture of visual expression. Young children frequently accompany drawing activities with descriptive, reflective, and social conversation, verbally…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Childrens Art, Creative Development, Developmental Stages
Academic Talent, 1985
Three issues (1984-85) of the newsletter address issues related to gifted and talented education. Articles include a review of counseling aspects, a summary of a meta-analysis of educational acceleration, a report of a summer program for gifted and talented students by a participant, discussions of master teacher qualities, an examination of the…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Creative Development, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Fitzpatrick, Kathleen; Charters, W. W., Jr. – 1985
Intended for parents of gifted students, the manual provides suggestions for understanding and working with the gifted child. The first section includes an overview of the nature of giftedness, talent, creativity, and intelligence; an analysis of special problems encountered by the gifted student (underachievement, cultural differences, learning…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Whitman, Neal – 1983
Courses designed to teach problem-solving and creativity, which are relatively new additions to college curricula, are discussed, along with their intellectual foundations and research on these two processes. The teaching of these processes involves the following course goals: teaching a specific subject, generally useful skills, and professional…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Koste, Virginia Glasgow – 1978
The purpose of this book is to help parents and teachers recognize and understand dramatic play in childhood as a process whereby the child acts out human experience in an attempt to order, clarify, and understand it. Written by a person experienced in theatre and drama, the book considers the following aspects of dramatic play: the importance of…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Games, Creative Development, Creative Dramatics
Brandt, Karen S. – 1980
The music, art, and physical education areas can lay the groundwork for the basic skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic. For example, music instruction develops receptive, auditory, visual, emotional, and mathematical areas. Art instruction emphasizes eye-hand coordination, creativity, concentration, spatial relationships, planning, and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Art Education, Basic Skills, Cognitive Development
DREVDAHL, JOHN E. – 1961
THE BACKGROUNDS, MOTIVATIONS, AND PERSONALITIES OF THREE GROUPS WERE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE AND TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO CREATIVE PRODUCTIVITY. A SAMPLE OF 30 PSYCHOLOGISTS WAS SELECTED AND, AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION, WAS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS--(1) CREATIVE, (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Creative Development, Creativity Research, Educational Background
Anderson, Phyllis Joan Antrim – 1975
Through identifying sources and interpreting findings from the fields of medical illustration, psychology, and education, the research described provides the teacher of medical illustration with a framework for promoting in students an active sense of their creative abilities. The need for the study, background information, limitations, and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Behavioral Objectives, Creative Development, Creativity
Wurster, Stanley R.; Ball, Klonda M. – 1976
Presented are the results of a 2-year project to develop and implement an instructional model for 200 identified talented and gifted students in grades K-8. Listed in an introductory section are project objectives (which include fostering improvement in creativity). Briefly described are such aspects of the program as student selection, project…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Creative Development, Curriculum Design, Demonstration Programs
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1970
In exploring the use of the learning process to foster creativity among children from 0-3 years, we must free ourselves from antiquated and erroneous beliefs that school is the only environment in which creativity and learning takes place, and that the teacher is the sole agent of such achievements. Our culture, our environment, and our…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Development
Dellas, Marie – 1971
The purpose of this study was to determine whether creativity could be facilitated by a training method based on a salient characteristic of the creative individual, namely, his ability to synthesize elements from two disparate psychological entities: (1) visual experiences; and (2) emotional states. A four-session training program is described in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Creative Activities, Creative Development
