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Jaben, Twila H. – 1982
The effects of a 14 week creativity training program (the Purdue Creative Thinking Program) on the creativity in written expression of 25 learning disabled (LD) students (11 to 12 years old) was measured. The program consisted of 28 audio tapes and printed exercises designed to foster divergent thinking in areas of verbal and figural fluency,…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Divergent Thinking, Intermediate Grades
Jaben, Twila H. – 1985
Fifty students from intermediate level learning disabilities classrooms were administered the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking as pretests and posttests to measure the effectiveness of creativity instruction on the creative written expression of the subjects. For 14 weeks the Purdue Creative Thinking Program was used to stimulate the learning…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Divergent Thinking, Intermediate Grades
Jaben, Twila H. – 1980
The study investigated the impact of participation in a creativity instructional program on measures of creative thinking and problem solving with 49 learning disabled intermediate level students and a control group of 24 nondisabled students. The Purdue Creative Training Program was used as the independent variable. Analysis of verbal fluency,…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedBaum, Susan; Kirschenbaum, Robert – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1984
Approaches to working with learning disabled students who are also gifted, talented, or creative are illustrated in the example of a secondary student with special abilities in photography. Several of his photographs and accompanying narratives are included. (CL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Creative Development, Creativity, Gifted
Peer reviewedJaben, Twila H. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
Effects of creativity instruction on creative writing of 49 learning disabled intermediate students were examined. Analysis of Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking scores revealed that Ss in the experimental group made significantly greater scores than a control group on the creative thinking variables on the verbal (written expression) subtests.…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Writing, Creativity, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedTarver, Sara G.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
Significant, though moderate, correlations between some of the verbal creativity measures and the selective attention variables were found, though this relationship changed as a function of age and the type of creativity measured. (DLS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Attention Span, Creative Development
Download full textRussell, R. Stephen; Meikamp, Joyce – 1994
Teaching strategies that foster academic achievement for special and regular education students in the same classroom are crucial for successful student integration. One such approach is creativity training, which may aid all students in the development of concept mapping, a metacognitive strategy that allows students to integrate creative…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Concept Mapping, Creative Development, Creativity
