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Direct linkCampos, Teri – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of the study was to explore the use of Visual Thinking Strategies as it applied to mathematics instruction for teachers in a small, urban elementary school containing grades 1-6 in a large Midwestern metropolis. This study was implemented to address the problem of low math scores in urban schools that have students with low…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Instructional Improvement, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
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Download full textDewhurst, Marit; Desai, Dipti – Journal of Social Science Education, 2016
Purpose: The rise of out-of-school youth arts organizations, especially those dedicated to addressing social issues with young people, suggests a growing need for spaces in which we prepare young people to creatively and critically shape their communities. While the popularity of these programs is certainly positive, it does little to tell us what…
Descriptors: Interviews, Teaching Methods, Art Education, Social Justice
Rowland, Elizabeth, Comp.; Molotsky, Leonard, Comp. – 1994
This guide encourages a learning environment that allows for creativity. Creative theory, assessment, and talent identification information is given. Student activities are presented to encourage creative problem solving, dispel myths and misunderstandings about creativity, provide exercises in brainstorming, creative thinking, and making cross…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Thinking
Ambrose, Don – 2002
Noting that everyday creativity often requires imaginative insight, this book provides opportunities for children and adults to invent and problem solve by confronting puzzling scenarios that invite visual imagination. Each of the 71 activities in the book begins with a scenario that promotes speculative imagination. In the creative- and…
Descriptors: Architecture, Art Activities, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Rieber, Lloyd P. – 1994
This paper presents a historical overview of visualization as a human problem-solving tool. Visualization strategies, such as mental imagery, pervade historical accounts of scientific discovery and invention. A selected number of historical examples are presented and discussed on a wide range of topics such as physics, aviation, and the science of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1978
These 28 interdisciplinary learning activities for elementary children are designed to provide perceptual, cognitive, and personal-social growth experiences. Subject areas included are art, dance, language arts, math, music, science, career education, health, physical education, reading, and social studies. The teaching strategies, which provide…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Auditory Perception, Career Education, Cognitive Processes
