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Yawkey, Thomas Daniels; Fox, Franklin Daniel – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1981
Evaluative intervention research studies in pretend play are investigations that examine the potential of imaginative play in young children to demonstrate a relationship between play and cognitive, social, and emotional growth. A review of the research indicates that children who engage in imaginative play yield higher test scores than those in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Emotional Development

McLeod, Alan M. – Clearing House, 1979
The author relates his successful experiment with using old time radio programs to enhance listening and writing skills in his classroom. A list of companies that sell Old Time Radio (OTR) programs, and a list of projects which can be used with OTR, conclude the article. (KC)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Imagination

Bohm, David – Teachers College Record, 1981
In the field of science, the meaning of insight can be understood by looking at theories which deal with universal laws that have fundamental significance for the totality of matter, independently of conditions of time and space. (JN)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Educational Principles, Imagination

Ousbey, Jack – Children's Literature in Education, 1981
Describes how one school developed six literature-based explorations involving an author of children's books that was intended to develop children's imaginations. (HOD)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Writing

Degenhardt, M. A. B. – Journal of Moral Education, 1979
Having students read, view, or create imaginative works will not impart to them moral didactic or morally important knowledge, but such practices can contribute to moral education by extending children's visions of moral possibilities and perhaps by increasing their skills in understanding people. (SJL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Fiction, Imagination

Wendon, Lyn – Reading, 1979
Describes a pictogram system in which letters are made to look like human and animal characters as a way of teaching phonics to children; tells how teachers have imaginatively implemented the system through activities in such areas as drama, singing, and story telling. (GT)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Imagination
Billiard, Charles E. – Media and Methods, 1979
Discusses three books on language and literature instruction that present humanistic approaches to teaching students how to write, think, and express themselves in a creative manner. (FL)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing, English Instruction
Dowling, Marion – Gifted Education International, 2002
This article discusses how to recognize young gifted children (ages 5-8), gifted education, and issues for teachers. Educators are urged to enable students to make their thinking visible, allow autonomy in learning, allow for imagination and time for deep level thinking, challenge able children, and help children to be self-critical. (Contains 4…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries

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

Hughes, Philip – Journal of Art and Design Education, 1989
Deals with differences between drawing in art class and in other subjects. Points out that the latter are considered serious learning while learning promoted by art class is often dismissed. Advocates both rational analysis of art and the imaginative extension of such rational art as maps and diagrams to promote visual literacy. (KO)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression

Mellou, Eleni – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
A review of the research on dramatic play indicates that it provides personal expression and catharsis of inner desires; helps the child to distinguish between reality and fantasy; provides for children's social adaptation; provides a dynamic for learning; and enhances creativity through interaction, transformation, and imagination. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Child Care Information Exchange, 1994
Four articles focus on children's make-believe play: (1) "Make Believe Play: Why Bother?" on the role of pretending in early learning; (2) "Fantasy and Exploration: Two Approaches to Playing" on children's imaginative styles; (3) "Infants Don't Pretend, Do They?" about developing play abilities; and (4) "Problems…
Descriptors: Curiosity, Discovery Learning, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education

Richmond, Stuart – Canadian Journal of Education, 1993
How the essentially imaginative nature of artistic production and appreciation influences the art teacher's role is discussed. Working with six high school art classes, a conceptualization of imaginative art teaching was developed to guide the qualitative investigation of art teaching. A case study illustrates the application of this…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Products, Art Teachers, Case Studies

Soundy, Cathleen S.; Genisio, Margaret Humadi – Childhood Education, 1994
Describes an instructional approach that encourages teachers to guide children in narrating stories based on actual or imagined experiences, particularly those that transpire in the classroom. Discusses ways of incorporating events from dramatic play and everyday occurrences into storytelling activities and offers a story sampler that exemplifies…
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Emergent Literacy, Imagination, Language Acquisition

Strayer, Janet – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Investigated North American children's and adults' familiarity with, and liking for, fairy tales. Results support the hypotheses that children's liking for fairy tales relates significantly to their involvement in imagining activities and that more general imagining involvements are likely to be associated with, or to mediate differences in, the…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Emotional Development