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Peer reviewedKhatena, Joe – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1972
In these data and on the kinds of analogies produced by a group of highly original men and women, the simple image/direct analogy stands out as the significant thinking operation used to make the familiar strange. These subjects apparently have not found the need to use personal, symbolic, or fantasy analogy. (Author)
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creativity Research
Peer reviewedParnes, Sidney J.; Noller, Ruth B. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1973
Final article in series dealing with results of a two-year study of college students. (SP)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity Research, Dropout Characteristics, Personality Assessment
Peer reviewedLindley, Daniel A. – English Journal, 1971
A method for stimulating thought processes and broadening the imaginative scope. (RB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking
Macdonald, Mary F. – Teacher, 1972
Presents ten interesting uses for the overhead projector for primary grade students. (RK)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Overhead Projectors
Peer reviewedLawton, Fay G.; Busse, Thomas V. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1972
A report that highly creative architects often moved as children cannot be generalized to the population in this study. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity Research, Creativity Tests, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedHarmin, Merrill; Simon, Sidney B. – High School Journal, 1972
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)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Personality Development
Peer reviewedHinton, Bernard L. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1971
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)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creativity Research, Personality
Peer reviewedLazar, Ruth S. – Education, 1972
Described is an elective course in Creative Thinking in the Maple Heights, Ohio, school system. (MB)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Creative Development, Creative Thinking
Peer reviewedMitchell, Bruce – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1971
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Educational Research, Elementary School Curriculum, Inservice Teacher Education
Knapp, Clifford E. – Instructor, 1972
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)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Creative Thinking, Elementary Education, Enrichment
Feldhusen, John F.; and others – Elem Sch J, 1969
Descriptors: Activism, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Thinking
Wragg, Paul H. and Allen, Rodney F. – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1983
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)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKarnes, Merle B.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1983
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)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Gifted, Learning Activities, Models
Peer reviewedMoran, James D., III; And Others – Child Development, 1983
Findings demonstrated that the Guilford-Mednick conceptualization of original thinking is applicable to preschool as well as to older children. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Intelligence Quotient, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedCrossett, Becky – Social Education, 1983
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)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Creative Thinking, Elementary Education, Logical Thinking


