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Baer, John – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1996
This study investigated what effect divergent-thinking training focusing on a single task would have on the creative performance of 79 seventh graders on a closely related task. Students received training in poetry-relevant, divergent-thinking skills. The training was found to have a significant impact on the students' creativity in writing…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creativity Research
Check, John F. – 1969
The purposes of this investigation were to determine whether differences in creative ability exist between white and Negro students, between public and parochial school students, between students of different grade levels, and between sexes. A corollary purpose of this study was to determine how well teachers can identify the creative students in…
Descriptors: Black Students, Creative Development, Creativity, Creativity Research