101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

Related Activities Pass the Hat [63] Idea Pool [85] Procedure Distribute the That’s the Ticket! Handout, review it with the p ...

That’s the Ticket! Handout Suppose your problem involves improving a telephone. Two ideas might be (1) a padded ear piece and (2 ...

70. What’s the Problem? Background “So, exactly what is the problem?” That’s a frequently heard query in brainstorming groups as ...

For each participant: one sheet each of three different colors of sticking dots (^1 ⁄ 2 ” diameter) and one pad of 4 x 6 Post-i ...

Consider having participants debrief using the following questions: What was most helpful about this exercise? What was most ch ...

What’s the Problem? Handout Suppose the problem involves ways to develop a snack that would surprise children. The group leader ...

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Chapter 10 Brainstorming with Unrelated Stimuli T he activities in this chapter use unrelated problem stimuli to help generate i ...

71. Battle of the Sexes Background Gender wars rage all around us—at least in the minds of people who pay attention to such thin ...

Related Activities Picture Tickler [17] Text Tickler [20] Procedure Distribute the Battle of the Sexes handout, review it wit ...

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72. Best of. Background Remember how some children grow up taunting their friends that their father is smarter, stronger, richer ...

Related Activities Text Tickler [20] Procedure Prior to the exercise, tell the participants to collect, as individuals, a var ...

Best of... Handout Imagine you are part of a group charged with inventing a new coat hanger (Hall, 1994). One of the lists invol ...

73. Brain Splitter Background One management approach that has received consider- able attention over the years is the concept o ...

For each participant: one sheet each of three different colors of sticking dots (^1 ⁄ 2 ′′diameter) and one pad of 4 x 6 Post-i ...

Tell the group members originally in a right-brain-only group to share with their new left-brain group members a copy of their ...

Brain Splitter Handout Assume you manufacture umbrellas and want to develop improved designs and features. First, the groups gen ...

74. Force-Fit Game Background Even the best groups sometimes have trouble generating ideas. Idea generation activities usually h ...

Related Activities Blender [58] Brain Splitter [73] Procedure Arrange small tables capable of seating four to seven people so ...