Article attempted to answer the question: would a nonverbal method of communicating test instructions influence scores achieved by young children on the Figural Forms of the TTCT. (Author/RK)

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…

A mixed-ability sample of 280 11- and 12-year-olds was used to investigate mathematical creativity and identify characteristics typical of pupils with mathematical creativity. Hypotheses concerned with overcoming fixations and divergent production were clearly supported only for the highest attaining group. Mathematically creative students…

The early training of children in divergent thinking skills can help foster entrepreneurship. Such training would include activities to develop natural creativity, activities allowing children to win, activities which accept different solutions, teachers who recognize and encourage creative children, and an understanding of basic business…

Nineteen preservice teachers received an eight-week model training course in divergent thinking and questioning techniques for use with young children. Both knowledge of divergent thinking and use of divergent thinking questions with kindergarten children was much greater for the experimental group than for a control group. (DB)

The study examined the paragraph writing performance of 89 undergraduate students with low or high convergent or divergent aptitude in response to three methods of instruction: deduction (topic sentence to details), inductive (details to topic sentence), or a combination. A balanced presentation of both methods produced greater overall…

The microcomputer can foster creative thinking by enhancing problem solving, divergent and convergent thinking, motivation, and cognitive and affective domain abilities. Features of menu selection, interaction and branching, and feedback are noted. (CL)

The author summarizes findings on higher-order factors involved in divergent production, and considers implications for the structure of the intellect model. (CL)

Eighty-nine Black preschoolers (advantaged and disadvantaged) participated in sociodrama, verbal training, or control groups. Among results was that differences in socioeconomic groups were related to creative response style rather than to overall ideational, fluency, and originality in divergent production. (CL)

Article evaluated the creative abilities of men and women with specific accent of sex as a matter of decisive influence on creative output. (RK)

Article considers the relation between creativity and intelligence through use of creativity tests for children. (Author/RK)

Intuitive thinking greatly enhances life and is a valuable supplement to the objective, analytical mode of thinking. Focus throughout the educational process is on the use of analytical thought processes. Often children with exceptional creative abilities have been penalized for their abilities and labelled troublemakers. (PHR)

Guilford's (1967) divergent production tests and Wallach and Kogan's (1965) associative creative thinking tests are designed to measure abilities central to the creative process. However, results with these two batteries have been used to support alternative conceptions of creative ability. This research makes a beginning at studying these tests…

Comments critically on Richards' conclusion (AA 524 939) that the extent of correlations among tests of divergent-production abilities justifies the belief in a single unitary creative aptitude. (Author/RK)