This article examines the relationship between learning and divergent production, and describes implications for the development of academic abilities. (Author/AM)

Briefly reviews research on differences in divergent thinking in open and traditional classrooms at the elementary level and discusses a study of differences in creativity, as measured by scores for fluency, flexibility and originality, in children in Grades 1, 3 and 5 from open and traditional classrooms. (BR)

Discusses historical, technological, developmental, and educational aspects of nonverbal thought. (SL)

The authors argue that our schools fail to respond to the uniqueness of the human brain, its differential characteristics and its serious under-utilization. (Editor)

This interview with five experts discusses the Science Through Science, Technology, and Society (S-STS) Project aimed at secondary teachers and supporting improvement of science education for all students. The program's uniqueness lies in helping students explore the ways that biology, chemistry, physics, and technology affect their lives.…

Presents a 10-step guide for generating creativity in solving problem situations. Also includes exercises to stimulate creativity and an outline of how the technique of brainstorming works. (BB)

Sixty graduate students sorted stories according to three dimensions for classifying analogies: (1) physical similarity; (2) similarity in goals; and (3) whether the analogy leads to a reformulation of the question. High interrater agreement supports the use of the three dimensions to understand earlier inconsistent results in analogical problem…

Examines the impact of the Junior Great Books Program of interpretive reading and discussion on fourth-grade children's cognitive processes and feelings of self worth. (PCB)

Proposes a strategy employing challenge, functionalism, high-order learning, and originality to achieve high-quality individualization in course work. Asserts that individualized instruction better prepares students to solve problems, make decisions, and produce original ideas. (MM)

Profiles how school leaders can revolutionize their thinking and help make education a major institution in shaping the future of society. By incorporating integrative and new age thinking, school leaders can take an active role in initiating change and shaping and defining education's role. (MD)

Offers information on and examples of the Cognitive Research Trust (CoRT) Thinking Program, internationally the most widely used program for the teaching of thinking as part of the school curriculum. Describes various CoRT tools, including one in which students list the pluses, minuses, and interesting points about a given issue. (DMM)

Among ways suggested for teaching problem solving strategies are to select problem situations appropriate to the learner and to encourage learning from errors. A problem solving process which can be used with young children includes the components of formulation; interpretation; generation; decision making; implementation; evaluation; and…

Educating for personal knowing requires an approach to learning that is based in direct sensory experience. Creative art activity nurtures the development of vital sensory experience at every stage of the life cycle. Through imagination, sensory experience is transformed into self-knowledge and conceptual thought; together they illuminate the…

Discusses using reader response instead of standard literature interpretation teaching methods for the study of adolescent literature in high schools. Asserts that this method gives authority to the students as reader because they must assume responsibility for understanding the text, themselves, and the world. (SRT)

The effects of stimulus dimension and mode of exploration on preschool children's responses to pattern meanings and unusual uses tasks of original thinking were studied. The 3D tasks generated more responses overall. Visual and haptic exploration combined with 3D was the only condition studied to meet all criteria for construct validity.…