Argument for the abolishment of children's art contests in the school, commercial market, and community. Contributing factors to damaging effects on self-expression and ego are (1) arbitrariness and poor qualifications of judges, (2) false encouragement or misguided discouragement of interested student (3) unrepresentative work (4) lack of…

Procedures for selecting artistically gifted students include nominations, portfolio reviews, creativity tests, biographical inventories, and class observation. Because objective assessments are hard to make, schools should use a variety of identification procedures to discover the truly talented. Examples of checklist forms are given. (CS)

The program for academically gifted and talented at Kellogg Elementary School in Michigan includes an open house for parents. Students teach workshops in activities like painting and weaving, and parents become the students. Parents learn how to encourage creativity and how to help their children learn. (CS)

After viewing and discussing slides of Van Gogh's and Munch's paintings and studying the principles of color, middle school students had to execute two drawings, one showing any emotion and the second depicting an expressionistic self-portrait. (RM)

Presents the formula for writing poetry as containing three elements: the content of the poet's mind; the poetic medium--language; and the creative spark that fuses experience and language, or content and medium, into poetry. (MM)

Suggestions are given for helping mathematically gifted, creative, and talented students by grouping, organizing for enrichment, and using mathematics to challenge. Specific activities are included. (MNS)

There are two keys to effective student recruitment: creativity in seeking applicants and mobilization of institutional support for the admissions program. To survive the 1980s unscathed, the small college must have a talented admissions director and a president who can marshall the college's resources behind the admissions program. (MSE)

George Brown's "On the Teaching of English in Elementary and High Schools" is praised for its approach emphasizing the development of self-knowledge, self-control, feeling, and creativity through English instruction rather than simply passing on communication skills. (MSE)

Education is experiencing a loss of meaning and respect and a fading sense of connection. Education for the whole, individual person will result in the practical, creative, and moral growth necessary in today's society. (CJ)

Describes activities in which K-12 social studies students (1) imagine the consequences of decisions and policies, and (2) imagine the consequences of new personal and social possibilities. Sample activities are offered for geography, world history, sociology, U.S. history, and civics. The authors include suggestions for student evaluation and…

Ned Herrmann is interviewed regarding his latest theories on "applied creativity" and the design and delivery of "whole brain learning." He discusses the roles of the brain's two hemispheres, the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument, the importance of brain dominance to trainers, and the link between creativity and productivity.…

The investigation concerned the construction of a test of musical creativity that would assess the hypothesized divergent production abilities of music fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration, and quality in school instrumental music students. The developed test, measures of musical divergent production (MMDP), was based on models of…

Few programs in the field of recreation attempt to integrate older adults into recreational activities with younger age groups. The benefits accrued from this intergenerational approach include: (1) shared experiences which help combat stereotypical thinking; (2) learning an holistic approach to life; and (3) cooperation between youth-related and…