The author offers an instructional model to enhance the chances that incubation will occur in creative problem solving. Note: For related information, see EC 120 232-238. (CL)

Two hundred gifted and talented secondary students received an intensive exposure to a diverse array of learning and thinking experiences (indirect training) while 68 graduate students received intensive training in creative problem solving with emphasis on right cerebral hemisphere functions (direct training). (CL)

Two projects have been designed to help gifted students enlarge, enrich, and make more accurate their images of the future. (BD)

A variety of ways for teaching children to study the future have been suggested with the emphasis on the ability to solve problems creatively. (RK)

Authors proposed to examine the effects of a creative reading program, Reading 360 (Clymer, et al, 1969), designed to develop creative reading skills. (Author/RK)

Comparisons of 1976 and 1982 performances (first grade through college) on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking revealed significant gains in the areas of fluency, flexibility, and originality. Changing objectives of education are discussed in light of falling Scholastic Aptitude Test scores during the same period. (JW)

Author reviews both the major short-range and long-range predictive validity studies of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking and reports the main findings of a 12-year follow-up of a predictive validity study with high school students initiated in 1959. (Author/CB)

Article is based on an evaluation report of a creativity workshop for disadvantaged children conducted in 1971. (Authors)

This paper explores the relationship between mental activity and physical well-being, through examination of such component activities as imagery, relaxation, sociodrama, and play. The paper concludes that wellness involves the physical and mental health of an individual, positive future images, and true communication with ourselves and others.…

The article discusses some limitations of present assessment procedures for identifying and understanding the further reaches of creative potential, identifies a few abilities of practical importance belonging to those reaches, and suggests some means whereby these talents might be assessed. (DLS)

The paper examines the nature of creativity and educational changes which have placed greater emphasis on creative problem solving and creative expression. Specific focus is on: (1) production of curriculum and instructional programs to facilitate creative thinking, and (2) development of procedures for measuring creative thinking abilities. (JDD)

A 22-year longitudinal study of the "Just Suppose" Test is reported. Five criteria of later achievement were correlated with such test measures as fluency, originality, and emotional expression. Correlation coefficients were statistically significant in 27 of the 35 cells with the overall Creativity Index being most predictive of creative…