The author discusses the development, reliability and validity of the Ideal Pupil Checklist, a 66-item instrument for assessing children's creative characteristics. (LH)

Four studies focus upon possible changes in the extent to which children consult adults and peers at the preadol escent (fourth grade) stage. A sharp change at the preadolescent stage to consult peers was confirmed. (CD)

Investigated was the self directed learning readiness of 1,729 gifted students (grade 3-12) as measured by a 10-item measure of self directed learning and an abbreviated form of Thinking Creatively About The Future. (CL)

Paper prepared for the 18th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children, Chicago, Illinois, May 6, 1971. (CB)

Followup responses of 1976 and 1977 participants in the Georgia Governor's Honors Program, a six-week summer program for gifted students, and analysis of learning styles suggested that Ss who report a right cerebral hemisphere or integrated learning style made significantly more applications of their new learnings than Ss with a left hemisphere…

To test the effect of psychomotor warm-up activity on creative thinking the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (Activity 3, Figural B) were administered to two groups of 49 second graders. (PHR)

The Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) was administered to 684 gifted students (grades 5 through 12) selected from 1,500 students enrolled in the Future Problem Solving for Gifted/Talented Students Program. Teachers rated 569 gifted students on a teacher rating scale (TRS) for students' abilities, skills, and motivations required for…

As part of a follow-up study, gifted individuals were asked to name some incident in which one of their elementary teachers had encouraged creative behavior and to relate how this had made a difference in their careers; and 220 gifted Ss were tested to determine criteria for predicting creative achievement. (SB)