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Terry, Margaret S.; Ziegler, Edward W. – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1987
To determine the effectiveness of using computers to teach problem solving skills to gifted/talented students, 60 elementary students received instruction in either computers, creative problem solving, or the traditional gifted curriculum. One result was that both the computer education and the creative problem solving groups increased in computer…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Gifted
Torrance, E. Paul; Torrance, J. Pansy – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1978
The authors describe practice problems of the 1977-78 Future Problem Solving Program (involving gifted students from fourth to twelfth grade) to illustrate the Osborne-Parnes problem solving model for developing creativity instructional materials. (SBH)
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Gifted
Levine, Elaine S.; Tucker, Shelly – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1986
A study assessed emotional needs of gifted children (N=46) and matched non-gifted peers by evaluating their responses to vignettes of children in psychosocial dilemmas. Gifted children more frequently assigned internal attributions of blame, reflected heightened sensitivity to protagonists' feelings, and used moral reasoning based on recognition…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Gifted, Moral Values, Problem Solving