"In Sparking Student Creativity: Practical Ways to Promote Innovative Thinking and Problem Solving, author and researcher Patti Drapeau explores and explains research related to creativity and its relevance in today's standards-based, critical thinking-focused classroom. In addition, the book includes 40 "grab and go" ideas that infuse lesson plans with a spirit of exploration. No matter what grade levels or content areas you teach, Sparking Student Creativity will help you to produce creative lesson components that directly address critical content, target specific standards, and require thoughtful products from students as they grow into independent learners and become successful adults"--Back cover.

Intentional creativity: fostering student creativity from potential to performance -- Practical creativity: making it work in the classroom -- Creativity and the common core: matching the "what" to the "how" -- Creativity and imagination: unlocking the power of imagination -- Creativity and innovation: cultivating innovative ideas and action -- Creativity and problem solving: working it out creatively -- Creativity and assessment: realizing what counts.