Looks at individuality, in the sense of a personal expressive idiom or style, in children's art production. Shows that early stylistic differences manifest in children's art making correspond to basic cognitive/affective learning processes. Outlines implications for ideas about child development. (DSK)

This article presents a model of creative thinking as a metacognitive process. Creativity technologies are reframed as metacognitive strategies; and creativity itself is viewed as a self-regulatory process of metacognitive knowledge, combining self-reinforcement, self-evaluation, and self-monitoring. Self-regulated creative thought is…

The Learning about Learning organization attempts to help children find and use their personal style of learning. Through creative arts activities, self-understanding and creative problem solving are fostered, and the relevance of arts skills to all areas of the curriculum and to daily living is demonstrated. (SK)

Describes the characteristics of the visually gifted student, comparing and contrasting this type of youngster to the academically gifted student. Part of a theme issue on art education for students with special needs. (SJL)

Examines the relationship between children's artistic development and issues of learning. Categorizes undergraduate elementary education students' responses to an article on artistic development based on their own experiences. Summarizes the types of student reactions, and suggests implications for instructional practices. (DSK)

This publication marks the first volume of what is intended to be an annual showcase of outstanding research papers from the College of St. Thomas' (Minnesota) Masters of Arts in Gifted/Creative/Talented Education program. Section 1 focuses on gifted programs and teachers' perceptions, and includes "Taking Care of the Affective Needs of…

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…