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Hymer, Barry; Watkins, Chris; Dawson, Elizabeth; Buxton, Ruth – Gifted Education International, 2015
The researchers examined transcripts of comments made and dialogues engaged in by children, teachers and student teaching assistants during a 10-week enrichment programme for gifted and talented children aged 7-9 years. Attempts were made to match these utterances with the programme's aims and aspirations as expressed in a promotional document.…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Transcripts (Written Records), Discourse Analysis
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Cohen, LeoNora M. – Roeper Review, 2011
"Natural acceleration" happens through an internal fire that burns to learn and may transcend school boundaries. Based on their passionate interests and connections with a domain, children who hunger for domain understandings outside school curricula require different types of acceleration, motivated by these interests. The lifeworks,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Interests, Creativity, Learning Motivation
Beghetto, Ronald A., Ed.; Kaufman, James C., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom" is a groundbreaking collection of essays by leading scholars, who examine and respond to the tension that many educators face in valuing student creativity but believing that they cannot support it given the curricular constraints of the classroom. Is it possible for teachers to nurture creative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Gifted, Motivation
Torrance, E. Paul – G/C/T, 1980
Eleven specific suggestions for American advocates of the gifted and talented to follow, based on the Japanese way of handling such matters, are offered, including the provision of creative materials for young children and their parents and training in group and team creativity. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Foreign Countries, Gifted
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Torrance, E. Paul – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1980
Some Japanese cultural characteristics that foster creativity, giftedness, and achievement are examined: and based on these, eight specific suggestions are offered that might be useful in solving some of America's national problems of underachievement, particularly among gifted and talented children. (DLS)
Descriptors: Achievement, Creative Development, Creativity, Foreign Countries
Eriksson, Gillian I. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1987
The Schmerenbeck Educational Centre (Parktown, South Africa) provides comprehensive educational services to gifted, talented, and creative students of all races. Program costs, talent identification and such educational programs as Microscapes (integrative activities), Project Plus (contact, core, acceleration, enrichment, and self-study courses),…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Creative Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Pariser, David – 1989
Findings of research seeking predictors of mature creative achievement in the early artistic development of the Swiss painter, Paul Klee; the French painter, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec; and the Spanish painter and sculptor, Pablo Picasso are presented. Discussion is organized into four sections. The first section offers an overview, rationale, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Creative Art, Creative Development, Creativity Research
Aylward, Margaret – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1987
The Russell C. Gordon Elementary School (Nova Scotia, Canada) offers the Enriched Students Program (ESP) for academically gifted students. ESP goals include: fostering and developing individual interests of students; initiating higher level thinking skills; strengthening task commitment; stimulating creativity; promoting leadership qualities; and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creative Development, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
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Ellis, Neville – School Arts, 1989
Describes the fierce competition and the selection process involved in gaining entrance into the Republic of Singapore's Art Elective Program. Discusses this curriculum's enriched and accelerated art program in which students gain a broader education and outlook. Activities include a live-in camp and an overseas trip for secondary students. (KO)
Descriptors: Art Education, Competitive Selection, Creative Development, Educational Strategies
Murray, Chris – Gifted Education International, 1992
A Saturday enrichment program for gifted black children in Soweto townships (South Africa) is described, including development of basic numeracy and literacy skills for elementary students; work in English, mathematics, and science/biology for high school students; creative activities and excursions; interracial activities; and cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Creative Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Smith, Ellen – 1984
The internationally accepted definition of gifted children includes a range of factors that contribute to giftedness, but makes no mention of the child's motivation, capacity for self-initiation, or ability to work independently. Using the current definition, schools and teachers remain bound to gifted identification based on academic achievement…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Creative Development, Creativity Tests, Elementary Education
Blank, Stanley S.; Parker, Donald J. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1986
Fourteen Native Canadian intermediate students identified as creatively gifted were assigned to experimental or control groups. Pre- and posttests of creative potential indicated significant gains in originality scores of the experimental groups, who received training in fluency, flexibility, and originality through formation of objects and…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creativity
Society for the Advancement of Gifted Education, Calgary (Alberta). – 1994
These conference proceedings consider the unique needs of gifted and talented individuals, focusing on state-of-the-art knowledge regarding school reform initiatives, cooperative learning, creative achievement, social-emotional development, differentiated curriculum, charter schools, and parenting issues. Summaries are provided of the following…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education
Sefer, Jasmina – Gifted Education International, 1995
A longitudinal study of 99 students attending 1 rural and 1 urban elementary school in Yugoslavia evaluated the effects of an interdisciplinary play-oriented program based on drama, story making, art-constructive activities, group research, and various games. Results showed an improvement in creativity, motivation to learn, and expressive…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Creative Development, Creativity, Curriculum Design
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Milgram, Roberta M.; Hong, Eunsook – Roeper Review, 1993
Results of an 18-year longitudinal study of 48 Israeli high school students who were seniors at the study's start suggest that measures of creative thinking and creative leisure activities were more important than school-oriented predictors of intelligence and school grades in predicting creative attainments in adults. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Creative Development, Creative Thinking
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