Several classroom activities using sugar cubes, file cards, and other readily available objects are described. The author argues that use of such games can be used to foster mathematical creativity while strengthening computational skills. (SD)

"Openness-to-the-world" is a prerequisite to good personal writing.

A low cost approach to individualized English instruction is described.

Nine steps are presented which a teacher should consider in order to elicit and develop creativity in students. An analogy is drawn wherein the teacher is a gardener, planting and caring for seeds of creativity. (KC)

Chronicles the revival of media research during the 1960s and 1970s, and briefly discusses the stimuli for this revival. Outlines six proposals from Katz's report to the British Broadcasting Corporation on areas for further social research on broadcasting concerning problems of "media" and problems of "message." (JMF)

Knowledge available in 1978 will represent about three per cent of available knowledge in 2028. Since current students will be working during these revolutionary years, the author stresses need for creativity in career planning. She describes seminars and workshops in career planning combining creative problem solving and job hunting skills.…

Shows higher levels of creativity in relaxed-friendly or test-loke/high-noise-level conditions than in test-like/low-noise-level conditions. (RL)

Presents a study of the effects of preschool experience on achievement, readiness to learn, and creativity among 60 black and 60 white first grade boys and girls in a rural area. (BD)

The Wallach and Kogan Creativity Battery, a self report questionnaire of creative activities, and a group intelligence test were administered to an entire Israeli high school senior class. Creative activity was found to be related to creative thinking but not to intelligence or school grades. (Author/DEP)

Reports that many creative leading mathematicians have introduced the concept of baby research, signifying a playful investigation that takes place at a childs' initiative and is carried out with freedom without specific knowledge or pre-conceived ideas of where it leads. (Author/AM)

The humanistic view of the individual as a unique personality regards education as a process of self actualization, a tool for developing inner potential and creativity, and a means for equipping the student to deal with and to improve the world in which he lives. (JD)

The unrealized power of education lies in the ability of the imaginative teacher to understand the vital role imagination and dreams play in cognitive growth and to transmit this awareness to students. (JD)

Forty-two undergraduates were tested to determine how scores on visual and verbal divergent thinking tests would be affected by instructions to use visual imagery and by individual differences in visual imagery ability. Results indicated that such instructions may interfere with test performance, but that individual differences did not influence…

The relationship between art and mental illness is examined in the untrained "outsider artist," one whose style, though highly idiosyncratic, conforms to certain formal criteria and is usually initiated at a time of intense psychic crisis. Photographs and discussions of the paintings and sculptures of psychotic artists are presented. (JW)

Despite the time, risk, frustration and frequent failures, it is the element of creativity that allows the program board to be the innovators on campus. To promote a true creative spirit, programmers need to raise students' consciousness and foster continual development, not just hold one brainstorming session. (MLW)