101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

“Just Alike Only Different” Activities: Analogies People who like using analogies will take to them like a duck takes to water o ...

53 Bionic Ideas Background Mother Nature is a pretty wise old gal. Among other things, she is a superior problem solver. Think a ...

Participants Small groups of four to seven people each Materials, Supplies, and Equipment For each group: markers, two flip cha ...

osmosis, cell structures). Such lists would be available in biology texts or on the Internet. Consider having participants debri ...

Bionic Ideas Handout Assume you are the manager of a department store. Your assistant has informed you that the store’s losses d ...

Have all the store’s lights begin flashing whenever someone attempts to leave with stolen items. “Drop” very expensive items in ...

54. Chain Alike Background If you generate ideas using analogies, your source of stimulation is generally limited to comparisons ...

Time 60 minutes Related Activities Bionic Ideas [53] I Like It Like That [55] Procedure Distribute the handout, review it wit ...

Chain Alike Handout Assume you are the manager of a department store. Your assistant has informed you that the store’s losses du ...

Place monitors throughout the store that show shoplifters being arrested (from “visu- al image capturing devices”). Project ont ...

55. I Like It Like That Background This activity is the grandparent of all the “just alike only different” activities. It is bas ...

Related Activities Bionic Ideas [53] Chain Alike [54] Procedure Distribute the I Like It Like That Handout, review it with th ...

I Like It Like That Handout Suppose you decide to use analogies to help recruit more engineers for your organization. The major ...

56. What Is It? Background Advertising and marketing professionals frequently push products based on assumptions regarding core ...

Handout What Is It? Handout Time 45 minutes Related Activities Essence of the Problem [38] Turn Around [52] Procedure Distr ...

What Is It? Handout Consider the problem of improving an office desk. First, describe what desks are. For instance, you might sa ...

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Chapter 9 Brainstorming with Related Stimuli B rainstorming with related activities is classic brainstorming as developed and po ...