5.+Critical+Thinking,+Problem+Solving,+STEAM,+Maker+Education

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Edutopia Maker Education

MakerSpace for Education __The Importance of Applying Knowledge__ Encourage students to "do something" and create prototypes of their ideas. Every child should make something that is personally meaningful to them. Give students time to care about what they are doing.

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Invent to Learn Brainstorming for Fluency, Flexibility , ** Originality ** and Elaboration __** Fluency **__ The ability to think of MANY ideas. __** Flexibility **__ The ability to think of VARIED ideas. Teaches students to look at things from different angles and perspectives. __** Originality **__ The ability to think of UNUSUAL ideas. Encourages students to produce novel responses and ideas. The more ideas produced (Fluency), the greater the chance of having a novel idea. Flexibility exercises also can produce novel ideas when students think in different types of ways. __** Elaboration **__ The ability to ADD TO ideas to make them better. Students enrich ideas by adding to, explaining or including more information.









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SCAMPER is a mnemonic that stands for: You use the tool by asking questions about existing products, using each of the seven prompts above. These questions help you come up with creative ideas for developing new products, and for improving current ones.
 * Substitute.
 * Combine.
 * Adapt.
 * Modify.
 * Put to another use.
 * Eliminate.
 * Reverse.





Litemind: Creative Problem Solving with SCAMPER

Wuzzles & Puzzles

Mind Tools: SCAMPER

BrainTools: SCAMPER

Creating MInds: SCAMPER

Critical & Creative Thinking: Bloom's Taxonomy

Creativity Activities

Edutopia

__**Some websites that encourage critical thinking, problem solving & creativity for students to try:**__

__**Creativity Portal**__

Super Thinkers

Exploratorium

Jig Zone

Archimedes Lab

Articles to Read (Creativity, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving) Education Week: Creative Thinking