This quantitative quasi-experimental study, adopting a pretest/post-test control/treatment group design, investigated the efficacy of instructional strategies for developing divergent thinking in gifted and talented students within K-6 heterogeneous cluster classes. It specifically explored the problem of insufficient evidence-based approaches for…

The introduced study represents methodology and results of research focused on utilization of interactive whiteboard as didactic technology mediating information through multimedia worksheets applied in education process in pre-primary education. Its aim was to determine whether it can significantly increase the level of children's acquired…

As digital technologies continue transforming the time and space boundaries that traditionally had been ascribed to different educational settings, the very notion of learning "context" also is being challenged in educational research literature. In this article, we contribute to this debate by offering an empirically grounded discussion…

Art and creativity are closely linked in the minds of most people. When asked to explain why art should be part of the school curriculum, respondents commonly answer that art provides an opportunity for students to be creative and express themselves. As professionals who have worked with art education for years, the authors suggest a different…

The author reviews studies on creativity among Brazilian elementary students and their teachers and notes that fostering creativity does not appear to be a goal in most of Brasilia's schools. (CL)

Photography as a means of developing creative self-expression and supporting language arts skills in the Lincoln-Eliot School, Newton, Massachusetts. (LS)

This article begins by identifying that children have a spontaneous predilection for playing with language, engaging in poetic discourse even before their first poetry lesson. Although children's language play is relatively unresearched in the classroom, in a case study of two groups of pupils aged between 10 and 11, it was observed that children…

A cemetery unit offers opportunities for gifted students to use higher-level thinking skills as well as creativity. Activities are suggested for three phases of the unit: introductory, developmental, and culminating. (CL)

Briefly described are the use of three games to develop creative thinking skills at the third grade and college levels. The games are part of the "Think Links" series based on Edward De Bono's Thinking Skill Model. (DB)

Evaluated with 25 regular classes was the effectiveness of three curriculum teaching processes of developing creativity based on J. Gowan's rational-psychedelic continuum. (BB)

Eighteen academically gifted elementary students were randomly assigned to either a figural treatment or verbal treatment condition. Analysis of pre and post tests of creative thinking suggested that unbalanced programing of figural creative thinking abilities and verbal creative thinking abilities over time may cause significant decrements in…

Changes in creative thinking, as measured by Torrance's Thinking Creatively with Pictures, and in dance/movement skills were investigated in 20 hearing impaired students, aged 9 to 14. Analysis of covariance showed that students given dance training improved significantly in originality, elaboration, total thinking creatively score, and…

Reviews studies examining the relationship between IQ and creativity involving 6- to 13-year-old children. Discusses the effectiveness of creativity training programs. (Author/RH)

The effectiveness of a gifted program emphasizing creativity with 91 gifted Ss (grades 3 to 6) was compared to a control program for 78 gifted age matched Ss. Experimental Ss made significantly higher scores on post-tests of figural, semantic, and symbolic creativity. (CL)