A patterns task consisting of six stimuli, three presented in two-dimensional form and three presented in three-dimensional form, was administered to 47 preschoolers. Findings demonstrate the importance of developing measures of original thinking that are specifically appropriate for use with preschool children. (Author/RH)

Discusses the roles of visual thinking, visual rehearsal, and introspection in educational technology, and suggests that instructional designers should externalize their internal representations and involve the internal and external representations of content specialists and learners in the instructional design. Fifteen references are listed. (MBR)

Two sets of stimuli on the Unusual Uses task varying in familiarity were presented to 78 preschool-age subjects. Familiar items yielded greater ideational fluency than unfamiliar ones and generated both more popular and unusual responses. Increased fluency is discussed in relation to Mednick's response hierarchies and the distinction between…

A discussion of creativity focuses on its relationship with other processes within the individual. The social or personal nature of creativity is noted, as are its adaptive, elaborative, or developmental facets. Implications for teaching include the need for understanding the importance or reconciling the emotional forces of creativity with…

Teaching gifted students to think creatively may follow the AUTA model: awareness of creativity, understanding of creativity, techniques of creativity, and finally, actualization--development of creative talents. (CL)

Provides a definition of creative thinking and describes the objectives, design, and outcomes of creative thinking workshops. Gives examples of workshop exercises intended to encourage self-confidence, curiosity, and risk taking, which in turn influence the ability to tap one's potential for creativity. (SK)

The 10 rational processes (which include recalling and imagining, classifying and generalizing, comparing and evaluating, analyzing and synthesizing, and deducting and inferring) are examined from a cultural and historical perspective, with particular emphasis on the suprarational aspects of creative thinking. A three stage model for facilitating…

The article discusses some limitations of present assessment procedures for identifying and understanding the further reaches of creative potential, identifies a few abilities of practical importance belonging to those reaches, and suggests some means whereby these talents might be assessed. (DLS)

This essay explains how and why the faith in liberal education is justified. (MM)

Uses Darwin's evolution theory as put forth in "The Descent of Man" as an analogy to explain the relationship between creativity in childhood and adulthood, concentrating on source and continuity. Also discusses creativity in childhood and differences between children's and adults' creativity. (DR)

Examples are offered of eight people who displayed creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial characteristics and in so doing have changed the world. Characteristics of these people are studied in order to improve creative thinking processes, in preparation for a future requiring creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial efforts. (JDD)

Qualities of the creative mind are documented, including the ability to: let ideas come rather than chase after them, get in touch with the absurd, keep goals in sight, take ideas to the next stage, and have dialogue with intuitions. Inhibitors of creative growth include bottom-line thinking, cynicism, labeling, and outcome anxiety. (JDD)

This article examines the state of knowledge on the creative process, especially mathematical-scientific, verbal, musical, and artistic imagery. A creative imagination imagery model is proposed which has three major dimensions: the environment, the individual (with both content and process components considered in terms of the Structure of…

This article proposes that transcendence, the mystical nature of creativity, is not only sequential but a subset of the evolutionary process. Deliberate application of the principles of Darwin's theory is seen as speeding and improving the creative process for both individuals and groups. The importance to creative thinking of randomness processed…

The most successful companies must be flexible and rapidly adaptable. This requires creative management and creative teamwork. Like a kaleidoscope, creative thinking is the ability to rearrange pieces to form a new reality, to see connections, and to think on a global scale. (SK)