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Books and Book Chapters
Highly Creative Students: An Underserved Treasure, in Underserved Populations, 2003, Hampton Press Inc. (lead author) Keyboard Kapers for Kids (1990), Meadly (co-composer) Qualitative Research Methods for Studying Creativity, in Current Research and Methods for Studying Creativity in Youth, 1999, Hampton Press Inc. (lead author) Research Based Strategies and Programs to Facilitate Creative Thinking, in Current Research and Methods for Studying Creativity in Youth, 1999, Hampton Press Inc. (lead author) Articles Refereed Journals Creativity Shows Up Early and in Many Ways, Parenting for High Potential, (March 2000) (National Association for Gifted Children) Guest Editor Lead Article, Creativity Around the Globe, Childhood Education, 1999 International Focus Issue, Association for Childhood Education International Creativity: In the Classroom and Beyond, TEMPO, XIX(4) (Texas Association for the Gifted) Models of Creative Behavior: Characters in Children’s Picture Books, Gifted Education The Effect of Synectics Training on Gifted and Nongifted Kindergarten Students, Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 18(1) Emerging Rainbows: A Review of the Literature on Creativity in Preschoolers, Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 15(2) Meeting the Needs of Young Gifted Students Through Appropriate Practice in the Regular Classroom, Childhood Education, Vol. 72 Magazines and JournalsThinking Outside the Box: The Power of Creativity in Content, Illinois Association for Gifted Children Journal 2002 (Co-authored with Dr. Jim Granada) (Invited Article) The “Whistles” Stop Here: Encouraging Meaningful Creative Thinking in the Classroom, Understanding Our Gifted (Invited Article) A Kaleidoscope of Life With Young Creative Children, Communicator, 30(4) (California Connection-Making in Curriculum: The Power of Forced Associations and Analogies, the Journal Portfolio, Vol. 13, Illinois Council for the Gifted (Invited Article) Questioning So Children Will Think, Creative Learning Today, 6 (1) (1996) Evidence of Thinking in Children’s Lives, THINK, April, 1995 (lead author) Parent to Parent, Surviving Early Childhood with a Creative Child, Gifted Child Today (March/April, 1993) An Interview With E. Paul Torrance, THINK, February, 1994 My Teacher, My Mentor, My Friend, Gifted Child Today, May/June, 1992 Cooperative Partnerships in Education, Gifted Child Today, January/February 1992 Close Encounters With Social Issues, THINK, February 1998 Heart to Heart: A Letter to Parents About Thinking, THINK, February 1997 Garbology: Detective Work in People’s Trash, Teaching K-8, April 1996 (lead author) SCAMPER: Putting Fun Into Idea-Generation, THINK, December 1996 Baggy Research, THINK, February, 1994 Dance With Each Child: Strategies for Tapping Spatial Intelligence, THINK, April, 1993 Questions to Stimulate the Affective Domain: Personal Analogies, THINK, February 1992 Book ReviewsReview of The Creativity Handbook: A Visual Arts Guide for Parents and Teachers, Childhood Education (Invited Review) Review of Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom, Childhood Education, (Invited Review) Review of Rootless Flower: An Ecology of Creativity, Roeper Review, 19 (4) (Invited Review) Review of Creativity in the Classroom, Roeper Review, 18 (2) (Invited Review) Review of Children’s Literature for Lorgnette, Heart of Texas Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa |

