Groups in the experimental condition were significantly more member and work centered than groups in the cognitive condition. The results supported the implication that an experiential leadership style possesses greater potential for member-related discussion (content) and member-centered interaction (work). (Author)

This is an article about self-expression as a unique characteristic and adjustment problem of Asian American students and the implications of this for counselors and educators. (JC)

Creativity is synonymous with education. The entire classroom situation must be that in which a child can be creative. (MF)

The hearing-impaired child in a nursery school for children with normal hearing is surrounded by experiences which help him to regard speech as a natural outlet for expression. (NH)

Describes the Teachers and Writers Collaborative, a program in which a professional writer works closely on a long-term basis with a particular group of public school students and their teacher. Object: to encourage children to write creatively, out of their own experiences, about what is real to them. (MG)

Assessed situational variables affecting emotional expressiveness in 331 students. Results indicated that females were more expressive than males and that persons were more expressive of positive emotions than negative, in the initiator role than in the respondent role, and to opposite-sex rather than same-sex best friends. (WAS)

Describes the choral method of poetry used in one grade school to nurture children's poetic self-expression, both soft and violent. Demonstrates through the resulting poetry how culture affects the creativity of even primary grade students. (HTH)

The quality of changes in creative functioning resulting from training in ZEN meditation (Zazen) and relaxation training were compared. Pre-posttest changes in the two groups, as revealed by the General Linear Models Procedure, revealed that the meditation group experienced greater perceived change resulting from new conditions, expression of…

Writing can be a fun and rewarding form of self-expression for gifted students. Some specific writing activities which can provide enrichment include recording, in detail, visual observations; making observations about a specific topic (such as television shows or some other subject the students have experience with); and recording personal…

In an analysis of exemplary protocols in a revised manual for the paragraph completion method, relations between conceptual level and linguistic measures yielded by the computer assisted language analysis system were examined. Frequency of usage and structural complexity accounted for much of the variance in conceptual level scores. (Author)