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Download full textSmith, Mike U. – 1988
The mental representations used by experts and novices for organizing their knowledge of a discipline have been studied by observing the categorization schemes these subjects produce when presented with a diverse group of problems. In this study, seven biology faculty, eight certified genetic counselors, and 26 students were asked to organize a…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, College Faculty, College Science, College Students
Moore, Michael T. – 1982
A testing procedure used by J. W. Getzels and M. Csikszentmihalyi (1964) to gauge the relationship between problem finding and creativity in art students was employed in a study designed to determine if the same relationship existed in writers. Subjects were middle school students identified as either creative or noncreative by two separate…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Discovery Learning
Cianciolo, Patricia Jean – 1977
This paper examines the fantasy literature that is currently available to young readers. Twenty-two children's books are listed and discussed under the following topics: good storytelling and lively imagination, recurring themes, satires and word play, original fairytales, and works that reflect the divided self, the occult, and parapsychology. It…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Thinking, Fantasy
Sieber, Joan E. – Instr, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking, Divergent Thinking
Peer reviewedWhiteley, Thomas W. – Clearing House, 1969
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Creative Thinking, Freedom of Speech, Learning Processes
Beals, Mark G. – 1981
The main thrust of American education has been cognitively oriented. Recent research on the human brain suggests that such orientation is a general function of only one hemisphere of the brain, the left. Because of the close relationships among speech, language, thinking, reasoning, and the higher mental functions, the left brain hemisphere…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Convergent Thinking
McBeath, Marcia; And Others – 1981
The study evaluated the identification process for programs for the gifted and talented in the District of Columbia public schools. The authors (McBeath, Blackshear, and Smart) used the Baldwin Identification Matrix (which includes an informal creative thinking test, reading and mathematics tests, grades, and nominations) as a data management…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Creative Thinking, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Sullivan, John; And Others – 1978
An overview of a variety of interesting teaching techniques is given to assist school personnel in strengthening their overall mathematics programs in the first eight grades. The problem-solving approaches recommended are so designed that they should be useful in every subject. The materials could also be used as a basis for teacher in-service…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
SULLIVAN, JOHN J.; TAYLOR, CALVIN W. – 1967
PAPERS CONCERNING (1) LEARNING AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION, AND (2) CREATIVITY AND PRODUCTIVE THINKING ARE INCLUDED IN THIS NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION. IN THE PAPER THAT DEALS WITH LEARNING, A DEFINITION OF LEARNING AND A DESCRIPTION OF BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY ARE FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULI AND…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Educational Psychology, Instruction
GIBSON, ARTHUR R.; STEPHENS, THOMAS M. – 1964
ELEVEN RESEARCH PROJECTS DEALT IN SOME WAY WITH AN ASPECT OF EDUCATION FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED STUDENT. AMONG THOSE DISCUSSED AND EVALUATED ARE--(1) THE SOCIAL RELATIONS OF GIFTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN REGULAR AND ABILITY-GROUPED CLASSES, (2) THE FREQUENCY OF ACADEMIC UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG PUPILS WHO DISPLAY HIGH SCHOLASTIC…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude
Orsini-Romano, Clara; Pascale, Isabel D. – 1978
Curriculum planning for the future must recognize and accept certain premises: forces at work in society greatly influence the nature and direction of the curriculum; students in our society possess varied backgrounds, capabilities, interests, and aptitudes that must be met; common curriculum designs have many strengths; a curriculum to foster…
Descriptors: Child Development, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills
Mednick, Sarnoff A.; Mednick, Martha T. – 1967
The forty minute Remote Associates Test (RAT) is designed to measure individual differences in an ability considered to be fundamental to the creative thinking process. It is based on a strictly associative interpretation of this process, an interpretation which envisions the process as one of seeing relationships between seemingly mutually remote…
Descriptors: American Culture, Answer Keys, Associative Learning, Creative Thinking
Tongue, Cornelia, Ed. – 1975
At the North Carolina State Conference on the Gifted and Talented teachers and administrators explored new ideas, materials, and teaching techniques. Outlined are presentations on the following topics: a demonstration encouraging creative thinking; teaching the gifted using the theories of B. Bloom and D. Krathwohl; typical daily learning styles…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conceptual Schemes, Conference Reports, Creative Thinking
Carre, Clive, Ed.; Head, John, Ed. – 1974
This publication, one of a series published as a result of the Science Teacher Education Project, contains a collection of student writings for discussions to bring out some of the problems of teaching science and to reveal learning and schooling from the child's point of view. The publication is meant to be one of several resources for learning…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Preservice Teacher Education
Haynes, Felicity – 1975
In the last few decades there has been a move in philosophy of education toward a concept of pragmatic rationality. This paper examines whether the move away from systematicity, fixed guiding principles or logical systems, makes this notion of pragmatic rationality so broad that it can encompass any procedure of selection which involves rules, no…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
