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Collum, Jack – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1985
Discusses criteria to use when evaluating poetry written by children and contains numerous examples of poetry written by children. (DF).
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Cognitive Processes, Creative Writing
Wallace, Doris B. – 1990
The literary field offers an especially rich array of examples of the insight phenomenon and demonstrates that insight experiences occur outside the problem-solving paradigm of cognitive science. Analysis shows that the seemingly unitary moment of insight is actually a microgenetic sequence (a rapid sequence of developmental change) deeply…
Descriptors: Authors, Cognitive Processes, Creative Writing, Creativity
Flamm, Dudley – Minnesota English Journal, 1969
The loss of richness and multiplicity of word meaning can result in a decline in the metaphoric activity of the mind. A technologically-oriented civilization pressures students to devalue word connotation in favor of denotative exactitude. To counteract this tendency, teachers should adopt for themselves and instill in their students a regard for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Writing, English Instruction, Expressive Language