This study is a phenomenological study that attempted to identify the essential components of group
creativity that can be observed while gifted students are participating in group activities that required
them to utilize their creativity on the group level. The participants are 12 sixth graders in a special class
for gifted students. Twelve gifted students, composed of three subgroups with four students each
subgroup, experienced group creativity in a gifted education program for 4 months, from April to July
2014, specifically, for a total of 1,400 minutes in seven sessions. Data were collected through open
observations and personal and/or group interviews. Collected data were analyzed using Colaizzi(1978)’s
method of phenomenology and Nvivo 10, which is specially designed for data analysis in the
Phenomenological research. The results of this study revealed thirteen essential components of group
creativity experiences in the complex and simultaneous dynamics. This study found were the followings:
(1) sharing knowledge, ideas, and experiences, (2) effectiveness of the ideas useful for problem solving, (3)
questioning that leads the processes of problem solving, (4) communication based on attentive listening,
(5) effective or ineffective decision making, (6) leadership by members contributing to group tasks, (7)
complementary cooperation, (8) role allotment based on individual strength, (9) conflicts existing
throughout collective task, (10) interpersonal behaviors enhancing group dynamics, (11) positive personal
characteristics, (12) limited time resource, which is typical of classroom learning, and (13) strictly, and
intentionally, limited intervention by the teacher. Implications of these results were further discussed.