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Peer reviewedKennett, Keith F. – Education, 1984
Examines biological and environmental determinants of creative/divergent thinking in light of two studies--one showing an inverse relationship between serum uric acid and divergent thinking and one showing a positive correlation between family size and creativity in upper socioeconomic status groups. Outlines classroom practices that promote…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Creative Development
Peer reviewedDe Bono, Edward – Educational Leadership, 1984
Critical thinking alone is reactive, in that it lacks the creative elements necessary for social progress. Accordingly, the author has developed the CoRT (Cognitive Research Trust) program to teach the two aspects of perception: breadth (developing a perceptual map) and change (using the map to discover solutions). (TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Discovery Processes
Download full textKrohn, Steven – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2005
This article describes how research in both educational theory and cognitive psychology tells us that visual learning is one of the best methods for teaching students of all ages how to think and how to learn. With this basic understanding, it is only natural that we teach and let students experience the power of visualization. Visualization can…
Descriptors: Visualization, Motion, Visual Learning, Learning Strategies
Ediger, Marlow – 1997
This paper addresses the improvement of instruction at the higher education level by the application of nine principles of learning by the instructor. These are: (1) the instructor should secure the interests of students in teaching and learning situations; (2) the instructor must guide students to perceive meaning in what is being learned; (3)…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Educational Principles
Treffinger, Donald J. – 2000
This guide contains 12 practical tools to help educators link instruction in Creative Problem Solving (CPS) with today's focus on authentic assessment. It offers a variety of practical, reproducible instruments and checklists for use in evaluating students' knowledge of CPS concepts and tools, assessing students' attitudes about CPS and their…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMcCormack, Alan J. – Science Activities, 1973
Describes an activity designed to stimulate elementary and junior high students to become actively engaged in thinking creatively rather than only analytically, convergently, or repetitively. The activity requires students to devise means of dropping an egg from a height without it breaking. (JR)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Elementary School Science, General Science
Walsh, Garnar V. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1972
Reports on a survey of college students regarding what professors made them think and how the instructors initiated this response. (HS)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, College Faculty, Creative Thinking
Peer reviewedSullivan, Joanna – Reading Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Creative Reading, Creative Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Elementary Education
Becker, John T. – J Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Literacy, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Kaltsounis, Bill – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Creative Thinking, Deafness
Peer reviewedJoesting, Joan; Joesting, Robert – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing, Creative Thinking
Peer reviewedKaltsounis, Bill – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Peer reviewedMendelsohn, Gerald A.; Gall, Meredith D. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creativity Research
Carter, Homer L. J. – Journal of the Reading Specialist, 1970
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Thinking, Educational Strategies, Goal Orientation
Goble, Norman M. – Claremont Coll Reading Conf 32nd Yearbook, 1968
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Educational Objectives, Individual Differences, Literature
