Creative Reading: Is it Being Taught to the Gifted in Elementary Schools

Abstract

Creative Reading is an area of reading instruction which is frequently recommended for use with gifted students at all grade levels. However, the extent to which it is practiced in the elementary schools is uncertain. The purpose of this study was to investigate how frequently gifted students experienced creative reading activities while attending elementary school. A second purpose was to determine to what extent they enjoyed these activities. Results indicated that creative reading activities were not experienced as much as one might expect. It was hypothesized that this lack of experience inhibited students’ ability to rate their enjoyment of the strategies presented in the questionnaire used in the study. The results were discussed in terms of implications for the reading curriculum for gifted students and for teacher training.