Creativity and Giftedness: Essential Readings in Gifted Education Series

About the Editors
Series Introduction - Sally M. Reis
Introduction to Creativity and Giftedness - Donald J. Treffinger
1. SES Synectics and Gifted Education Today - W. J. J. Gordon, T. Poze
2. Lessons About Giftedness and Creativity From a Nation of 115 Million Overachievers - E. Paul Torrance
3. The Use of Developmental Stage Theory in Helping Gifted Children Become Creative - John Curtis Gowan
4. Predicting the Creativity of Elementary School Children (1958-80) - and the Teacher Who "Made a Difference" - E. Paul Torrance
5. Personal Creative Thinking Techniques - Gary A. Davis
6. Facilitating Lifetime Creative Processes - A Think Piece - Calvin W. Taylor, Diane Sacks
7. Myth: Creativity Is Too Difficult To Measure - Joe Khatena
8. Developing Creative Excellence in Students: The Neglected History-Making Ingredient Which Would Keep Our Nation From Being at Risk - Calvin W. Taylor
9. The Role of Creativity in Identification of the Gifted and Talented - E. Paul Torrance
10. Research on Creativity - Donald J. Treffinger
11. Objectives and Activities for Teaching Creative Thinking - Gary A. Davis
12. Creative Productivity Among Secondary School Students: Combining Energy, Interest, and Imagination - Marcia A. B. Delcourt
13. Effects of a Creative Problem-Solving Curriculum on Students of Varying Ability Levels - Gina D. Schack
14. Creative Giftedness: A Multivariate Investment Approach - Robert J. Sternberg and Todd I. Lubart
15. Divergent Thinking, Creativity, and Giftedness - Mark A. Runco
16. Creativity and Giftedness: Published Instrument Uses and Abuses - Scott L. Hunsaker, Carolyn M. Callahan
Index

Donald J. Treffinger is director of the Center for Creative Learning in Sarasota, Florida, and editor-in-chief of Parenting for High Potential, NAGC's quarterly magazine for parents. He has previously served as a member of the faculty at Buffalo State University College, the University of Kansas, and Purdue University. He has been actively involved in NAGC for many years and served as a member of the Board of Directors from 1980 to 1984. Treffinger received the NAGC Distinguished Service Award in 1984 and the E. Paul Torrance Creativity Award in 1995. His primary interests are in the areas of creativity and creative problem solving, the levels-of-service approach to programming for talent development, and problem-solving style. He is the author or coauthor of more than 350 publications, including Creativity and Giftedness. His most recent books are Talent Development: The Levels of Service Approach, the three-volume series Thinking with Standards: Preparing for Tomorrow, and Creative Problem Solving: An Introduction.

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