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Outside the Lines

Visual Thinking, Imagination, and the Creatively Gifted

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Creatively Gifted Students are not like Other Gifted Students

Part of the book series: Advances in Creativity and Giftedness ((ACAG,volume 5))

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Kim’s Summary: Daniels discusses the need for visual thinking opportunities to develop creativity in all students including the gifted. Daniels argues that providing opportunities of visual modes of learning and expression is not the sole domain of the arts. Further, she argues that students do not need to have high artistic abilities to benefit from these opportunities.

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Daniels, S. (2013). Outside the Lines. In: Kim, K.H., Kaufman, J.C., Baer, J., Sriraman, B. (eds) Creatively Gifted Students are not like Other Gifted Students. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 5. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-149-8_7

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