The intent of this article is to describe the basic processes used by the child in order to create and imagine; to explain the significance of objects for encouraging creativity, imagination, and intellectual growth; and to show how creative thinking is nurtured using the world of objects. Five reasons are advanced to support the claim that the…

An examination of the use of metaphors by children summarizes the views of metaphor as found in the literature and describes a theoretical framework for the study of such utterances in young children by integrating two hypotheses. It is postulated that the young child uses metaphor to test new inferences about various kinds of relationships in the…

Criteria that have been identified as characterizing creative ability in mathematics are discussed. (DT)

Article attempted to answer the question: would a nonverbal method of communicating test instructions influence scores achieved by young children on the Figural Forms of the TTCT. (Author/RK)

Most educators have not studied the research evidence regarding creativity and know little about the personality characteristics of creative people. Research has shown, for example, that creative people are aesthetically sensitive, imaginative, and flexible. They are also self-reliant individualistic, independent, and perceptive, and have a…

This paper describes the instructional design activities used to create ThinkAbout, a video series meant to teach fifth and sixth graders skills essential for learning, i.e., inquiring, analyzing, synthesizing, seeking alternatives, and creative problem solving. Two basic tenets or underpinning statements served as guidelines for the development…

A careful use of emphasis by students in their writing can be promoted by some exercises assigned by composition teachers. A drawing exercise can help students learn that changing the length of sentences makes paragraphs more interesting. Using Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's five categories of grief to consider times of depression in students' lives…

This booklet contains a speech on the value of discovery learning in building a sound knowledge base. The author contends that systematic concepts (such as spatial relations) should be fully explored by experimentation and discussion in the classroom. The cognitive processes involved in solving problems are examined and examples are given of…

TO IMPLEMENT THE PHILOSOPHY THAT GOOD WRITING STEMS FROM GOOD THINKING AND THAT PRACTICE IN PRODUCTIVE THINKING IS A PREREQUISITE FOR WRITING INSTRUCTION, THE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS OF LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, PREPARED THIS GUIDE FOR TEACHING WRITTEN EXPRESSION IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHT. THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO HELP CHILDREN (1) THINK…

SUGGESTIONS FOR CREATIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES ARE PRESENTED. THE SUBJECTS OUTLINED ARE CREATIVE ART, CREATIVE DRAMA, CREATIVE THINKING, CREATIVE WRITING AND CREATIVE MATH. UNDER EACH HEADING ACTIVITIES AND THE MATERIALS NEEDED WERE LISTED. AN EXAMPLE OF AN ACTIVITY IN CREATIVE ART IS BOX SCULPTURE, THE MATERIALS NEEDED WERE AN…

A CLINICAL APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THEORY OF INSTRUCTION WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH MODERN VIEWS ON LEARNING IS PRESENTED. IN GENERAL, THIS APPROACH INVOLVES PROVIDING FOR THE STUDENTS' INFORMAL, EXPLORATORY EXPERIENCES. THE STUDENT EXPERIENCES IN THIS REPORT RELATE TO MATHEMATICS. IN SELECTING MATHEMATICAL EXPERIENCES TO PRESENT TO…

Too often college composition students see language as an end in itself, rather than as a means to realization of self and world, and teachers need to establish a classroom environment that stimulates and demands that students use their language to find out about themselves. Techniques helpful in shaping composition classes toward this end…

This publication is composed of a collection of articles based on the ideas produced and presented at two conferences on productive thinking. Intended, overall, to introduce new concepts of intellectual abilities, the book is divided into four parts: Part I describes a considerable amount of the significant research in "Intelligence and Its…