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- ABSTRACT FILE
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- The DISCOVER curriculum model: Nurturing and enhancing creativity in all children
- KEYWORDS
- creativity, gifted children, teaching, curriculum, research
This 3‐year study was designed to assess the impact of the DISCOVER Curriculum Model on the creativity of 2983 Hispanic, Navajo, Caucasian, African American, and Yaqui Indian elementary school children as measured by the Test of Creative thinking‐Drawing Production (TCT‐DP). Teachers (108) of similar ethnicities from 4 elementary schools were observed to determine level of implementation (high, medium, low) of a constructivist‐based curriculum model incorporating Multiple Intelligences theory (Gardner, 1983), the theory of Triarchic Mind (Sternberg, 1985), research on creativity, and principles for education of gifted students. ANOVA results showed significant increases in creativity of students in middle and high implementers’ classrooms in Year 2 and significant interaction effects across all 3 years: as grade level increased, TCT‐DP scores of students in high and middle implementer classrooms while those in low implementers’ classrooms decreased. This study lends support for the use of this model, but additional research is needed.