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Barbot, Baptiste; Baer, John – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2016
The skills, knowledge, attitudes, motivations, and personality traits that lead to creative thinking and creative behavior do not exist--and do not develop--in a vacuum. They are inextricably tied to content, to domains, in particular, and they therefore vary by domains. The more we learn about creativity, the more we discover how domain specific…
Descriptors: Creativity, Personality Traits, Adolescent Development, Skill Development
Cookson, Peter W., Jr. – Teaching Pre K-8, 2004
In this article, the author discusses Robert J. Sternberg's theory of "successful intelligence," which theorizes that intelligence consists of three parts: analytic, creative and practical abilities. Sternberg argues that intelligence can be fostered in the right educational environment by encouraging students to develop and exercise their…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Intelligence, Educational Environment, Cognitive Processes
Cortes, Carlos E.; Richardson, Elinor – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
A Public Broadcasting Service television series uses national and international current events to stimulate critical analysis in high school students. Among facets of critical analysis and supporting teaching strategies examined are determination of perspective, evaluation of logic, analysis of supplementary materials, projections into the future,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Current Events
De Bono, Edward – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
This study emphasizes the relationship of perception to thinking and explains direct teaching of thinking. Without clarity of seeing and creativity, perception is shown to become narrow patterning. The Cognitive Research Trust program is recommended for teaching thinking skills using transferable thinking "tools." Self-images of students…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Jerry L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Sixty 15-minute television programs help students learn to reason and systematically solve problems. The goals are confident, flexible thinking; self-management; effective expression; and systematic reasoning. The cognitive skills emphasized include information collecting, classifying, and communicating effectively. A resource list is provided.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills
Nussbaum, Joseph; Novick, Shimshon – 1981
Students' preconceptions (also called misconceptions) interfere with desired learning and resist attempts to eradicate them. By applying previous findings about misconceptions regarding the particle model for gases, a new approach was designed for teaching the subject. A "critical situation" was treated in which students in sixth and…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Discovery Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education
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Woods, Donald R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Describes the contents of a book entitled The Care and Feeding of Ideas: A Guide to Encouraging Creativity which considers the thinking process, why skills need to be developed, and how students use or should use these thinking skills. (RT)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Science
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VanFossen, Philip J.; Shiveley, James M. – Social Studies, 1997
Describes inquiry learning as defining a purpose for inquiry (the problem), postulating tentative answers or solutions, testing various hypotheses, drawing tentative conclusions, and applying those conclusions to new situations. Asserts that acquisition of these skills supports democratic citizenship. Outlines the inquiry approach used for a…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Cognitive Development, Consciousness Raising, Creative Thinking