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Willings, David – Gifted Education International, 1985
The article examines reasons why some teachers and parents may feel threatened by gifted children and why some exceptional pupils deliberately under-achieve. Discussion of the meaning of Creativity in terms of defensive, productive, adaptive, elaborative and developmental thinkers is followed by suggestions drawn from followup studies of…
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Gifted
Willings, David; Greenwood, Bill – Gifted Education International, 1993
This article considers the destructive effects of cynicism on creativity in gifted and talented students. It describes the use of a fictional character who responds to everything positive with an excessively cynical remark, to demonstrate to students the value of a more positive attitude. (DB)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Willings, David; Greenwood, Bill – Gifted Education International, 1990
A program of intervention called therapeutic tutoring to help underachievers is described. Intervention centers around students' loci of control, through a process of identifying areas in which students feel empowered and relating academic experiences to these areas. Academic exercises based on Monopoly, cricket, rugby, soap operas, field hockey,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Individual Power