This paper describes a study of the influence of the Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE) programme on the scientific creativity of secondary school students. 1087 pupils from six suburban mixed comprehensive schools in England took part in the investigation. Three of the schools had participated in the CASE programme and three had not. Samples of students in years 7-11 from each school were given the Scientific Creativity for Secondary School Students test, an instrument designed to tap various aspects of scientific creativity. The results indicated that the CASE programme did promote the overall development of scientific creativity of secondary school students, although the effects on different aspects of scientific creativity varied. As expected from previous work on delayed effects of CASE on academic achievement, the results indicated that the effects on creativity were not necessarily immediate, but tended to be long-lasting. Possible interpretations of these results are discussed.

对英国6所学校11岁到15岁的1087名中学生的科学创造力进行了研究，结果表明：英国青少年科学创造力及其各成分的发展存在着显著的年龄差异，随着年龄的增大，科学创造力及其各成分呈持续发展趋势，但在14岁时要下降；第二，英国青少年的科学创造力存在明显的性别差异。总的来讲，女生优于男生。但就科学创造力的各个成分来看，男女生具有不同的特点。

山西省民办高中发展存在以下问题：民办教育法规建设滞后，政策落实不到位；缺乏合理规划和科学管理；民办高中师资和生源短缺；民办高中内部管理和教育教学方面的问题。因此，无论是政府部门还是民办高中自身都应该采取积极措施来解决这些问题，以促进民办高中健康发展。

我们利用自行设计的“山西省民办普通高中现状调查问卷”，对山西省的部分教育行政部门、民办高中的校长、教师和学生进行了调查，分析了山西省民办高中的发展概况和办学成效。

基于科学创造力的结构模型、青少年科学创造力的表现及托兰斯的创造性测验，编制了青少年科学创造力测验，并用该测验施测于英国的1087名中学生和中国的1087名中学生，结果表明：（1）《青少年科学创造力测验》具有较高的信度，Cronbachα系数、评分者信度、重测信度均达到心理测验学要求的水平；（2）《青少年科学创造力测验》具有较高的结构效度。