The study investigated the impact of participation in a creativity instructional program on measures of creative thinking and problem solving with 49 learning disabled intermediate level students and a control group of 24 nondisabled students. The Purdue Creative Training Program was used as the independent variable. Analysis of verbal fluency,…

To differentiate student creativity by various tasks, the investigator used two classes with many minority-group students for whom certain admission requirements had been waived. In lieu of final exam, 17 experimental (Minority) and 28 control students received tests of creative thinking. Two forms were used, each with three separate figural…

Videotape recordings involve the viewers in a process which imparts immediacy and allows for the varied views and interpretations of those viewing it--unlike print which relegates information as something to be used later and which results in a response conditioned by the presentation. Experimental education should utilize this new technique to…

Discusses the need for teaching creativity in engineering education and ways to develop and encourage creative thinking. (MLH)

Evaluated with 25 regular classes was the effectiveness of three curriculum teaching processes of developing creativity based on J. Gowan's rational-psychedelic continuum. (BB)

Analyzes the writing the author has done since he first began to write, and traces his writing development. (DD)

Living the credo of its famous forerunner, a creative education program on Maryland's Potomac shore is "sending people away with more than they had when they came". (Editor)

Presents an annotated filmography of films and videotapes that provide parents and teachers with an understanding of the importance of "process" in providing the experiences needed to foster children's creative development in the visual arts. (Author/BB)

The early training of children in divergent thinking skills can help foster entrepreneurship. Such training would include activities to develop natural creativity, activities allowing children to win, activities which accept different solutions, teachers who recognize and encourage creative children, and an understanding of basic business…

The paper describes the aims and implementation of Future Problem Solving Programs (FPS) initiated by E. Paul Torrance. It provides guidelines for teachers who wish to develop FPS in their schools and gives a list of useful resources. Stages of implementation are described and reactions of participating pupils are quoted. (Author/CL)

Elements of creative thinking and methods for nurturing them in small children are described. Encouraging divergent, convergent, and evaluative thinking sets the stage for optimum development in later schooling and adult life. (MT)

Eighteen academically gifted elementary students were randomly assigned to either a figural treatment or verbal treatment condition. Analysis of pre and post tests of creative thinking suggested that unbalanced programing of figural creative thinking abilities and verbal creative thinking abilities over time may cause significant decrements in…

The authors assert that history can be approached from a creative perspective; the student need not merely report what has already been written. Instead, students may make an original contribution by becoming a practicing historian. Strategies and examples of ideas to motivate students toward this level of productivity are described. (Author/CL)

There has been increasing attention to the role of intuition and creative imagery in programing for the gifted. Procedures that help develop the intuitive function are described and the relationship between creativity and imagery are noted. Classroom strategies for developing creativity and intuition are discussed. (Author/CL)