Describes a tool for trainer self-development called "mental rehearsal." The process uses mental images (visualization) to practice trainer behavior prior to the actual training session. Trainers use mental rehearsal for: (1) physical relaxation, (2) positive thinking, (3) mental and physical readiness, (4) verbal and nonverbal instructional…

A Public Broadcasting Service television series uses national and international current events to stimulate critical analysis in high school students. Among facets of critical analysis and supporting teaching strategies examined are determination of perspective, evaluation of logic, analysis of supplementary materials, projections into the future,…

Both first-order creative, intuitive thinking and second-order critical thinking can and should be encouraged in writing instruction. The first helps generate ideas, and the second is useful in refining expression. The two kinds of thinking enhance different writing skills and can be mutually reinforcing. (MSE)

Discusses the potential of the new state of computer games designed to provide learning through play for young children and points out several attributes that make a game pedagogically sound. Advice to parents on how to choose educational software is included. (EAO)

Classroom creative problem-solving activities were developed around clearly defined problems having many possible solutions and entailing a situation where reality is slightly skewed. Working in small groups, students role-play by becoming "experts" at the matter in hand. A group secretary keeps students accountable for their time. Problem-solving…

Historical reconstruction of Dmitrii Mendeleev's part in the creation of the Periodic Table of Elements illustrates how important the process of textbook writing was in this scientific development. A clear difference is seen between logical reconstruction of the discovery process and the insights provided by historical reconstruction of the same…

Investigated the impact of the 14-week Purdue Creative Thinking Program on learning disabled intermediate grade children. Found pupils in the experimental group made significantly higher scores on the creativity variables of the verbal subtest of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. (Author/JAC)

Two opinions are expressed: (1) that the notion that lawyers and judges are obliged to answer all hypothetical questions asked about laws and litigation is unrealistic and inappropriate, and (2) that hypotheticals can be intelligent questions illuminating some of the difficulties of legal theory. (MSE)

Educational imagery is a teaching method that guides students into decision-making situations through directed daydreaming or fantasizing. The theory is that if a decision is clearly imagined and acted out, the process will be facilitated in real life. (JN)

Because assessment of creative potential is important in the selection of leaders, it is recommended that the critical activities of any occupational assignment should be examined in connection with the whole range of abilities of the structure-of-intellect model. (CM)

Although restorative psychotherapy is primarily curative, counseling is largely an educative and growth-oriented activity. Successful coping requires continual adaptation to the array of changing environments and life roles. The balance between thought and emotion is important for personal effectiveness as well as for creative productivity.…

The author suggests that the preconscious is the true locus of significant prose because of its greater amount of freedom to gather, compare, and rearrange ideas, and that the ultimate challenge to teachers of composition is to give freedom to their students' preconscious processes. (KC)

Reports of one poet's efforts in elementary classrooms to counteract the misconception of the syllabic nature of haiku. (RL)

Presents an analysis of student science projects at science fairs that judges are likely to encounter. Presents a challenge to the organizers of science fairs to define the goals of the fair and the criteria for selecting winners. The problems associated with the process are discussed. (SA)