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Mages, Wendy K. – Research in Drama Education, 2006
This article proposes a cognitive theory of how drama affects two aspects of language development: narrative comprehension and narrative production. It is a theoretical model that explicitly posits the role of the imagination in drama's potential to enhance the development of both narrative comprehension and narrative production. (Contains 2…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Language Acquisition, Listening Comprehension, Imagination
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Johnson, Lynn; Hatch, J. Amos – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1990
The study of four highly original preschool children found that the children had high levels of inner imagination, extremely varied expressive creative behavior with each having a "specialty area" as a creative focus, and different levels of social competence. Results support D. Shmukler's model for organizing elements of creativity in preschool…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Case Studies, Creative Expression, Creative Thinking