This article proposes that transcendence, the mystical nature of creativity, is not only sequential but a subset of the evolutionary process. Deliberate application of the principles of Darwin's theory is seen as speeding and improving the creative process for both individuals and groups. The importance to creative thinking of randomness processed…

Drawing on socio-cultural theory, this paper focuses on children's classroom-based collaborative creative writing. The central aim of the reported research was to contribute to our understanding of young children's creativity, and describe ways in which peer collaboration can resource, stimulate and enhance classroom-based creative writing…

With the increasing use of dynamic media in multimedia learning material, it is important to consider not only the technological but also the cognitive aspects of its application. A large amount of previous research does not provide preference to either static or dynamic media for educational purposes and a considerable number of studies found…

Defines and characterizes the steps involved in thinking creatively, pointing out numerous contraditions about creative thinking. (RB)

Article investigated creative thought and creative ideas possessed by those with if! minds as contrasted with the but! minds possessed by those whose initial response to the invitation to think and to extend is a reaction rather than a pro-action. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the positive aspects of verbalizing ideas in order to provide a frame of reference which serves to clarify the concept. (Author/HV)

Article discusses ways to promote reflective thinking rather than continue to teach people what to think. (Author/MM)

Study is concerned with describing in detail how three fourth grade children responded to metaphorical experiences. (Author)

Thematic fantasies of highly creative adolescents were rated by clinical psychologists as exhibiting greater primary-process thinking than the thematic reports of matched controls; they also included a greater proportion of unlikely combinations, fluid transformations, visual representations, magic occurrences, and contradictions. (Author)

This paper views creativity as the combination of the conditions of interaction and transformation-imagination-fantasy. These conditions operate together, simultaneously, in order to define the complex process of creativity. (DB)

That reflectiveness was directly related to creative problem-solving was tested in two experiments with 58 college students solving induction problems by conventional or unconventional rules. Extremely reflective or extremely impulsive students on conventional problems performed worse on the unconventional problems than did those moderately…

Selection theory requires multiple, distinct, simultaneously-actualized states. In cognition, each thought or cognitive state changes the "selection pressure" against which the next is evaluated; they are not simultaneously selected amongst. Creative thought is more a matter of honing in on a vague idea through redescribing successive iterations…

A qualitative study focused on incubation and illumination within the act of writing to determine if life-span development affects image production during these creative, cognitive acts. Sixteen subjects of both sexes from four age groups represented major developmental stages in the life cycle. The research design provided two 90-minute sessions…

The purpose of this field test was to see if young children are capable of producing operationalizations using the "Operationalization of Fuzzy Concepts" procedure. The fuzzy concept used was "having fun in school," and the procedure was conducted with four children aged 7-8. The procedure involved the following five steps: (a)…