Creativity and Giftedness.

Cover -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Series Introduction -- Introduction to Creativity and Giftedness -- Chapter 1 - SES Synectics and Gifted Education Today -- Chapter 2 - Lessons about Giftedness and Creativity from a Nation of 115 Million Overachievers -- Chapter 3 - The Use of Developmental Stage Theory in Helping Gifted Children become Creative -- Chapter 4 - Predicting the Creativity of Elementary School Children (1958-80)-and the Teacher Who "Made a Difference" -- Chapter 5 - Personal Creative Thinking Techniques -- Chapter 6 - Facilitating Lifetime Creative Processes-A Think Piece -- Chapter 7 - Myth: Creativity is too Difficult to Measure! -- Chapter 8 - Developing Creative Excellence in Students: The Neglected History-Making Ingredient Which Would Keep our Nation from being at Risk -- Chapter 9 - The Role of Creativity in Identification of the Gifted and Talented -- Chapter 10 - Research on Creativity -- Chapter 11 - Objectives and Activities for Teaching Creative Thinking -- Chapter 12 - Creative Productivity among Secondary School Students: Combining Energy, Interest, and Imagination -- Chapter 13 - Effects of a Creative Problem-Solving Curriculum on Students of Varying Ability Levels -- Chapter 14 - Creative Giftedness: A Multivariate Investment Approach -- Chapter 15 - Divergent Thinking, Creativity, and Giftedness -- Chapter 16 - Creativity and Giftedness: Published Instrument Uses and Abuses -- Index.

Misconceptions about the connection between creativity and giftedness are discussed, as well as how to nurture creativity in students.

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