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Zimmerman, Barry J.; Dialessi, Frank – 1972
A model's influence on the creative behavior of 120 fifth-grade children was studied in four variations. Separate groups observed a model who was either high or low in the fluency or flexibility creativity dimensions. Multivariate procedures were used to assess treatment effects upon children's fluency and flexibility measures collected on…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Creativity Research, Elementary Education
Zimmerman, Barry J.; Rosenthal, Ted L. – 1971
The effects of observing a model and of providing a response rule on the learning, transfer, and retention of a dial-reading, numerical concept were studied in 144 third-graders. Different experimenters conducted the immediate learning procedures versus the measurements of retention. No extrinsic reinforcers were promised or dispensed. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Elementary Education