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Download full textSener, Nurcan; Batur, Zekerya; Basar, Murat – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2021
The purpose of the present study is to determine the effectiveness of creative narrative technique on students' listening comprehension skills. The current study employed action research. The study group consists of 21 second grade students, six of whom were refugee students, at second grades in the school chosen through convenience sampling. In…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Self Expression, Teaching Methods
Direct linkVass, Eva; Littleton, Karen; Miell, Dorothy; Jones, Ann – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2008
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…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Creative Writing, Creative Activities, Foreign Countries
Jones, Allan; Gorney, Janifer – 1976
These learning activities are designed for use in the classroom or at home when activities for special moments are needed. They can be introduced with a minimum amount of preparation and materials and a maximum amount of success. They are intended to give children a learning experience that is fun while developing imagination and creative…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
WALSH, ROSALIA – 1962
SUGGESTIONS FOR CREATIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES ARE PRESENTED. THE SUBJECTS OUTLINED ARE CREATIVE ART, CREATIVE DRAMA, CREATIVE THINKING, CREATIVE WRITING AND CREATIVE MATH. UNDER EACH HEADING ACTIVITIES AND THE MATERIALS NEEDED WERE LISTED. AN EXAMPLE OF AN ACTIVITY IN CREATIVE ART IS BOX SCULPTURE, THE MATERIALS NEEDED WERE AN…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Myers, Robert E.; Torrance, E. Paul – 2003
This book contains 52 units designed to assist teachers in helping their students improve their creative writing and communication skills, improve their skills in creative problem solving, and enlarge, enrich, and make more accurate their images of the future. Each unit begins with an overview of the activity, an explanation of the creative…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Smutny, Joan Franklin – 2001
This digest paper presents strategies and activities that can be used to encourage gifted students to develop their individual talents in the language arts. Suggestions for exploring poetic language especially free verse, include ideas for creating group poems and catalysts for creating individual poems. Suggestions for exploring the elements of…
Descriptors: Biographies, Classroom Techniques, Creative Activities, Creative Development
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1985
Intended for teachers who would like to correlate creative writing with creative ideas and activities, this publication presents ideas that will serve as springboards to other creative ideas and activities. Consisting of six main sections, each containing an introduction, the first section of the book presents: a statement of purpose; a discussion…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Whitten, James – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1982
Outlines a method to help students through the beginning phases of writing that will also show them the vital relationship between observation and creation. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Thinking
Norris, Ruby Lee, Ed. – 1973
This document is a partial record of the interaction between three poets, Michael Mott, Dabney Stuart, and Sylvia Wilkinson, and the students of elementary, middle, and secondary schools in metropolitan Richmond and the surrounding area. The objectives of the program were: to lead students to believe that their personal thoughts and feelings are…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
Moslemi, Marlene Hache – 1973
The purpose of this study was to test the teachability of creativity. An experimental design (including pretesting and posttesting, control and experimental groups, and a teaching unit) was used to test the general hypothesis that creativity can be enhanced by the treatment of a teaching unit using audio-visual materials. The subjects were 101…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Expression, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
SHERIDAN, MARION C. – 1960
THE ENGLISH TEACHER CAN ROUSE STUDENTS OUT OF UNTHINKING ACCEPTANCE AND PASSIVITY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH CREATIVE LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES DESIGNED TO SHAPE THEM INTO CURIOUS AND RESPONSIVE INDIVIDUALS. TO FIND A PERSPECTIVE ON TEACHING CREATIVELY THE MANY FACETS OF LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND COMPOSITION, TEACHERS SHOULD LOOK TO STATEMENTS MADE BY…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Reading, Creative Teaching
McClain, Anita – 1986
To encourage children's creative writing in a classroom setting, student teachers used two types of children's books as models: (1) a traditionally structured picture book in which the story maintains strong development of plot, setting, and characters as in "Peter Rabbit"; and (2) a predictable pattern book that develops a repetitive pattern as…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Creative Activities, Creative Teaching
Peer reviewedMcKenzie, Ginger Kelley – Montessori Life, 1995
Proposes ways to create a language curriculum based on children's "sensitive periods" as described by Montessori. Suggests that ages 6 through 12 are a sensitive period for using imagination. Creative expression should be an integral part of the entire curriculum, and creative expression can be stimulated through many sources of writing…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Objectives
