Article suggests methods of teaching so that the student not only learns how to think, but learns how to think about life itself, especially himself. (Author/MM)

Shows the relationship between certain personality variables and resistance to the effects of frustration on creativity, and shows the combined effects of personality and emotional stress on creative productivity. (Author)

Described is an elective course in Creative Thinking in the Maple Heights, Ohio, school system. (MB)

Offers an awareness strategies checklist that can be used to help free children from previous preconceptions and guide them to notice new elements in the environment. (RB)

When planning social studies units, teachers need to build in opportunities for creativity and honor those students who exhibit it. The characteristics of authentically creative work in social studies are discussed and suggestions for projects that encourage creativity are made. (IS)

A program model for gifted preschool children incorporates a differentiated curriculum into an open classroom environment. The Structure of Intellect model serves as the basis for classroom activities (10 examples of which are provided) which stress creative and productive thinking. (CL)

Findings demonstrated that the Guilford-Mednick conceptualization of original thinking is applicable to preschool as well as to older children. (Author/RH)

All instruction, including social studies, should be concerned with developing both halves of the brain rather than continuing to place emphasis only on those functions which reside in the left cerebral hemisphere. When presented with a social studies problem, students can view it in two ways--logically and intuitively. (RM)

Art education is discussed as a necessary basic skill which develops aesthetic responses fundamental to life experience. The role of art in internalized cognitive mechanisms is illustrated by the "American Freedom Festival," a day of school activities in many arts, developing the "whole" child's resources and sense of discovery. (CM)

Academic competitions have the goal of spurring students to excellence through public recognition of their achievements. Some of the better known international, national, and local academic competitions are described. (Author/MLF)

Proposes a new emphasis on teaching how to think. (FL)

The author gives illustrative examples of the application of creative problem solving to a variety of problems facing educational administrators. Sections address the areas of organization, finance, public relations, professional growth, curriculum, extracurricular activities, and stress management. (SW)

The results of studies regarding intelligence in infancy are reviewed, and are compatible with Sternberg's findings on intelligence in adulthood. It is suggested that a major aspect of intelligence--attitude toward and performance with novel kinds of concepts--is continuous in nature throughout the life span, but requires different measurement…