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Brief Report: Imaginative Drawing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Learning Disabilities
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Allen, Melissa L.; Craig, Eleanore – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Here we examine imaginative drawing abilities in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and learning disabilities (LD) under several conditions: spontaneous production, with use of a template, and combining two real entities to form an "unreal" entity. Sixteen children in each group, matched on mental and chronological age, were…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Freehand Drawing, Imagination
Fit between Future Thinking and Future Orientation on Creative Imagination
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Chiu, Fa-Chung – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2012
The purpose of the current study is to investigate the impact of future thinking, and the fit between future thinking and future orientation on creative thinking. In Study 1, 83 undergraduates were randomly assigned to three groups: 50-year future thinking, 5-year future thinking, and the present-day thinking. First, the priming tasks, in which…
Descriptors: Priming, Creative Thinking, Imagination, Undergraduate Students
The Role of Bilingualism in Creative Performance on Divergent Thinking and Invented Alien Creatures Tests
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Kharkhurin, Anatoliy V. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2009
This study continues the effort to investigate the possible influence of bilingualism on an individual's creative potential. The performances of Farsi-English bilinguals living in the UAE and Farsi monolinguals living in Iran were compared on the Culture Fair Intelligence Test battery and two creativity tests: divergent thinking test (the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Creative Thinking, Imagination, Indo European Languages
Techniques for Creative Thinking: An Empirical Comparison of Three Methods
Warren, Thomas F.; Davis, Gary A. – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Creative Thinking, Creativity
The Role of Imagination in Facilitating Deductive Reasoning in 2-, 3- and 4-Year-Olds.
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Richards, Cassandra A.; Sanderson, Jennifer A. – Cognition, 1999
Tested whether 2- to 4-year olds could reason with incongruent syllogisms when encouraged to use their imagination. Randomly assigned 2-, 3-, and 4-year olds to one of four conditions (no cue, word cue, fantasy planet, or imagery) and presented syllogistic reasoning problems with incongruent information. Found that in imagination conditions, 2-…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Creative Thinking
Conformity to Experimenter-Provided Examples: Will People Use an Unusual Feature?
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Landau, Joshua D.; Lehr, Donald P. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2004
Undergraduates studied nonword exemplars and then created their own novel nonwords. In Experiment 1, people studied legal or illegal nonwords. In Experiment 2, people studied illegal nonwords, but to increase awareness of the features, half of the participants assessed the features of the nonwords. Despite instructions to avoid copying any aspect…
Descriptors: Imagination, Creative Thinking, Experiments, Experimental Groups
Teaching Thinking Skills with Picture Books, K-3
Polette, Nancy – Teacher Ideas Press, 2007
Many of the most talented authors and artists of the past and present have shared their thoughts and their gifts with young children through picture books. Many picture books allow young children to explore important ideas and to stretch their minds far beyond rote memorization. Young children absorb knowledge at a very rapid pace. In an age of…
Descriptors: Classification, Vocabulary Development, Associative Learning, Reading Skills