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Allen, Tom – School Administrator, 1989
The Minnoka Schools (Illinois) use the Murphy-Meisgeier Children Type Indicator (designed to identify personality types in children) to help instruct youngsters more effectively. Identifying a child's psychological type can aid understanding of how he or she focuses attention, absorbs information, makes decisions, and deals with the world. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedHolt, Penni; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1987
Explored variation in "hardiness" among female elementary teachers (n=134) who had differing levels of burnout despite high levels of occupational stress. Found that teachers with high stress and low burnout were less alienated than were teachers with high stress and high burnout. Low burnout teachers chose more active types of coping…
Descriptors: Coping, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Females
Peer reviewedPrice, Gary E.; And Others – Clearing House, 1981
Thirteen New York City third graders and 72 sixth graders completed a state reading test and the Learning Style Inventory (LSI) by Dunn, Dunn, and Price. Eleven LSI variables accounted for significant differences between high and low achievers in reading. Variables include preferred learning environment, learning modalities, and personality…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, High Achievement
Peer reviewedLewis, Hilda P.; Livson, Norman – Studies in Art Education, 1980
Studied 72 children for whom the following data were available: IQ score on a conventional test (WISC or Stanford-Binet); Goodenough-Harris drawing test IQ score; and behavior description by the test administrator. Personality traits of children who performed better on either the graphic or conventional IQ test were assessed. (SJL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Bessette, Janelle M.; And Others – 1984
An investigation explored whether preadolescent children have developed self-schemata which serve in making judgments about trait behavior for both self and others. Seventeen males and 23 females between the ages of 10 and 11 who attended a public elementary school on Long Island were interviewed. Children rated themselves relative to classmates…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Lynch, Mervin D., Ed.; Harris, Carole Ruth, Ed. – 2001
This book identifies strategies for use by classroom teachers in grades K-8 to nurture the development of creativity. Section 1 offers general strategies to stimulate productive thinking. Section 2 examines personality, creative thinking, and appropriate teaching strategies. Section 3 is dedicated to teaching special groups. Section 4 focuses on…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Educational Environment
