Two studies were conducted to show connections between giftedness and intuition. The first study was exploratory. A sample of 194 gifted adolescent students (N=194) included fifty-five students identified as gifted by their teachers and fifty-six percent who were female. Using the Polish version of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, the students…

Drawing on socio-cultural theory, this paper focuses on children's classroom-based collaborative creative writing. The central aim of the reported research was to contribute to our understanding of young children's creativity, and describe ways in which peer collaboration can resource, stimulate and enhance classroom-based creative writing…

Development of creativity is influenced by multiple factors, including the environment, developmental changes, and measurement tools. In this study, we investigated the relationship between creativity development and implementation of the Discovering Intellectual Strengths and Capabilities while Observing Varied Ethnic Responses (DISCOVER)…

Studies on the development of creativity have highlighted the impact of learning environments. In particular, pedagogical approaches are hypothesized to differ concerning their emphasis on individual initiative, and action-based learning. A semi-longitudinal study was conducted during two consecutive years with 210 children in elementary schools…

With the increasing use of dynamic media in multimedia learning material, it is important to consider not only the technological but also the cognitive aspects of its application. A large amount of previous research does not provide preference to either static or dynamic media for educational purposes and a considerable number of studies found…

Creative and critical thinking have been traditionally considered as involving independent skills and dispositions. However the definition of critical thinking has been gradually reconsidered to include skills and dispositions through which one opens new links instead of scrutinizing existing links in a closed analysis. Experimental studies have…

This two-year study focused on the lived terms of inquiry in middle-school science classrooms. The conditions that enable teachers to see and act on science learning as ongoing inquiry were deliberately sought in Year 2. Nine science teachers participated in search of capacities connecting curriculum, teaching, and assessment for greater student…

Computers have changed the ways students study components of design. Once on the computer, students tend to get so excited that they usually neglect to make preliminary sketches. Rather than rely on design software to provide visual solutions, this author chose to use design assignments that are intended to foster thinking in his students. In this…

The Magic Mathworks Travelling Circus is a touring maths lab--in and of itself, a good thing. When children enter it, they find particular pieces of apparatus captioned with particular challenges--which is perhaps not such a good thing. Students are faced with an apparatus that can do only one thing, and so are not encouraged to look again at…

To survive in the 21st century, today's student must develop the thinking skills necessary to adapt to a transforming world and learn how to be a creative problem solver. Future Problem Solving (FPS) prepares the student of today for tomorrow through an educational program that enables students to apply a constructive, deliberate process for…

This essay examines several points that C. Gratton Kemp presents in his book "Foundations of Group Counseling." (RC)

A school psychologist recommends that programs for the gifted be improved by offering students opportunities to develop creative thinking and problem solving skills and by surveying community resources to locate facilities and people who can aid in developing enrichment activities. (LH)

Author focused on the concept of relaxed attention and how to achieve it as well to explain its benefits. (RK)

Investigates the ability of 2-year-old children to pretend that one thing is another. Results indicate that when one thing is substituted for another, pretending varies as a function of the number of substitutions. (LLK)

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO SUBSTANTIATE THE HYPOTHESES THAT SUBJECTS RECEIVING SENSORY DEPRIVATION WOULD SHOW MORE IMPROVEMENT IN ORIGINALITY THAN THOSE EXPOSED TO A NORMAL SENSORY ENVIRONMENT, AND THOSE SUBJECTS RECEIVING 4 HOURS OF ISOLATION WOULD SHOW MORE IMPROVEMENT IN ORIGINALITY THAN THOSE RECEIVING 2 HOURS OF ISOLATION. ABOUT 60 VOLUNTEER,…