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Sirinterlikci, Arif; Zane, Linda; Sirinterlikci, Aleea L. – Journal of Technology Studies, 2009
This article presents an initiative that is based on active learning pedagogy by engaging elementary and middle school students in the toy design and development field. The case study presented in this article is about student learning experiences during their participation in the TOYchallenge National Toy Design Competition. Students followed the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Active Learning, Toys, Cognitive Processes
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Banaji, Shakuntala; Burn, Andrew – Literacy, 2007
This article, which is speculative in outlook and emerges from an extended literature review on this subject, takes as its basic premise the notion that the idea of "creativity"--whether in relation to literacy, schooling or the economy, is constructed as a series of rhetorical claims. These rhetorics of creativity emerge from the contexts of…
Descriptors: Democracy, Creativity, Media Literacy, Literature Reviews
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Dirkes, M. Ann – Roeper Review, 1988
Gifted students can learn to direct their thinking to maximize learning and creative production. They do this by stating what they intend to do, choosing strategies and appropriate conditions for thinking, and self-monitoring. The article describes techniques for developing self-directed thinking and applies these techniques to a class assignment.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
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Pickard, Eileen – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1990
This paper outlines cognitive processes underpinning creative ability, considers their development, and discusses the creative potential of the individual at various life stages. Creativity is viewed as an outcome of self-directed transformational activity. The roles of fantasy and imagination are discussed, as is the contrast between public and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creativity, Creativity Research
Warren, Thomas F. – 1985
In Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois a group of schools has united together to form the Beloit Educational Computing Consortium (BECC). A recent survey of selected teachers in BECC schools indicated that even though the schools do not consciously set out to teach creativity via computers, substantial creative behavior is demonstrated by the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Development, Discovery Processes
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Dial, Jackie – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1991
Creativity can be distinguished from intelligence, but there is no consensus on how the recognized stages of the creative act can be taught. The steps to rational thinking can and should be intentionally taught and rationality may prepare a base for unexpected creative insights. (DB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creativity
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Johnson, Virginia Ruth – American Biology Teacher, 1977
In this essay teaching science to both cerebral hemispheres is advocated. Some of the literature supporting this point of view is discussed and a fantasy imagination exercise is also included. (MR)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Creative Activities
Annarella, Lorie A. – 1992
The use of creative drama in the classroom is a student-focused process where experiential learning can be fostered and developed within any given curriculum. It can help students to develop divergent thinking skills, inventive creativity, and cognitive thinking skills, and it can stimulate the development of oral and written communication skills.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Creative Development
Wallace, R. Duncan – 1979
Underlying mental processes are common to all people in spite of individual differences in capability, intelligence, attitude, and motivation. When these processes are combined to form a single, observable entity, they can be interpreted as a universal action pattern of the mind. Educators, psychotherapists, and other individuals interested in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes