Creativity theory supports the conclusion that when a person recognizes the isomorphism in an analogic construct, that insight is the essentially creative act. Infraconscious mentation is more likely to produce insightful analogies than is rigorous, willful, consciously rational mentation, because infraconscious mentation, operating in the mode of…

The study was conducted to examine the relationship between hypermnesia (spontaneous recovery of previously unretrievable information without access to retrieval cues) for concrete and abstract words and creative thinking abilities in two groups of 30 undergraduates each. Ss were asked either to form an image or to construct a meaningful sentence…

In almost every classroom there is a minority of children that, regardless of effort, teachers have difficulty working with. The "Suggestion Circle" is a method for soliciting streamlined, on-focus ideas for solving classroom problems with the help of colleagues. In the Suggestion Circle there are three roles for people: the person who…

While there is increasing evidence that creativity can be improved through training, the spacing of the training has not been studied. This study assessed the effect of spaced training on the use of creative imagination in 110 undergraduate students. The research design was a randomized delayed posttest-only design. The independent variable was…

A new method of long-rand planning, called "Inventing the Future" (IF), requires planners to break established patterns of thinking. Instead of planning the future on the basis of Extension's past, planners are encouraged to think in terms of what they want Extension's future to be. (AG)

Study evaluates an intensive training program with gifted young adults in inducing creativity. (GB)

Nonverbal creativity, here primarily referring to scientific or mathematical creativity, is considered a function of a set of psychophysiological characteristics. The most important of these, necessary and sufficient for nonverbal creativity, is seen to be a slight dominance of hippocampal or cortical inhibitory activity over reticular, or…

The encouragement of creative thinking on the part of librarians is the purpose of this management guide. Every librarian has creative potential and the author discusses ways it can be developed. Included are discussions on the meaning of creativity, the need for creativity in libraries, traits of the creative librarian, steps in the creative…

The purposes of this study were to determine if there is any relationship between: (1) students' creative thinking ability and their achievement in the basic college course in public speaking, and (2) teachers' estimates of creative thinking ability when compared to students' scores on a standardized creative thinking test. Subjects were 140…

Dramatic play games emphasizing creative thinking and listening skills offer an emotional outlet for the entire class. Games involving pantomime, musical instruments, and communication are described. (CB)

Intermediate grade students (N=98) in behavior disordered and learning disabled classrooms were divided into experimental and control groups and were administered pre- and post-tests of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Experimental subjects who participated in the Purdue Creative Thinking Program made significantly greater scores than did…

A teacher of gifted elementary students describes how her students used creative problem-solving principles to help her overcome a vocal problem caused by removal of a cyst. (CL)