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Samples, Robert E. – Learning, 1975
This article discusses techniques for reaching the metaphorical side of the brain. (PD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking
Peer reviewedCowie, Helen – Early Child Development and Care, 1983
Reviews research indicating that children's writing moves in an age-related sequence from the literal and factual to the metaphorical and affective and shows a growth in awareness of the psychological characteristics of the self and others. Presents an analysis of children's stories that provides guidelines for teachers and researchers to use in…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGrossman, Stephen R.; Wiseman, Edward E. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1993
Seven principles are presented for improving creative thinking, based on assumptions of creativity as a perceptual shift resulting from a metamorphic mental image. Principles include (1) the future initiates and pulls creative thought; (2) initial fact finding is best postponed; (3) problem redefinition is often retrospective; and (4) metaphors…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Stanish, Bob; Eberle, Bob – 1997
This book provides an overview of the creative problem-solving process and exercises to put the process the work. The illustrated, reproducible pages guide students through each step of the problem-solving process by using evaluation grids to track their ideas, solutions, and plans. The activities can be used in a variety of ways including for the…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Cognitive Processes, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking
John-Steiner, Vera – 1985
In an attempt to find out more about how creative people engage in thinking, more than 50 men and women considered to be prominant in the humanities, the arts, and the sciences were interviewed. Letters, diaries and autobiographies of other creative individuals were examined in an effort to provide a broad base for studying the psychology of…
Descriptors: Art, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Download full textCoreil, Clyde, Ed.; Napoliello, Mihri – Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 1994
Articles in these two issues are as follows: "Imagination and Memory: Friends or Enemies" (Earl W. Stevick); "Imagination in Second Language Acquisition" (James J. Asher); "Where the Magic Lies" (Interview with Carolyn Graham); "Drawing on Experience: The Interview" (with John Dumicich); "What Color is…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedScanlan, Timothy M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
A technique using verbal analysis of photographs for the controlled syntactic manipulation of material suggested by the picture is described. This activity develops thinking skills, language skills, and cultural awareness. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedAkenson, James E. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1991
Identifies linkages between social inquiry and artistic thought to show interdisciplinary possibilities for kindergarten through high school social studies instruction. Argues expression through modern dance helps students integrate personal experience and social phenomena. Provides a lesson in which elementary school students choreograph their…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development, Dance
