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Objectives for Today
Creativity
Carla Brigandi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Gifted Education
West Virginia University
• Participants will be able to:
– Understand the difference between convergent and divergent thinking.
– Apply Guilford’s components of divergent thinking
Where do you Stand?
Strongly Agree
Agree
ONE MINUTE MYSTERY
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Outline for the Week
• Monday:
– Idea, Process and Product
– Guilford’s Components of Divergent Thinking • Tuesday: Brainstorming • Wednesday: Guest Speaker Patricia O’Rourke
• Thursday: SCAMPER and DeBono’s Thinking Hats Creativity is mostly about the idea.
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Creativity is about the end product.
Something must be original to be creative.
Creativity is consistent across grade levels.
Creativity is mostly about the process.
There is no way to increase your creativity.
INTRODUCTIONS
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RAISE YOUR HAND IF…
• YOU are creative.
Guilford’s Components of Divergent
Thinking (FFOE)
• Fluency refers to the number of different ideas one can produce.
• Flexibility refers to the variety among the ideas one produces.
• Originality refers to how unusual are the ideas one produces.
• Elaboration refers to richness of detail in the ideas one produces.
Classifying
Letters
1. Baby 2. Bad
3. Bring
4. Buy 5. Beautiful
6. Below
7. Banana
Vowels
4
3
5
3
9
5
6
2
1
1
1
5
2
3
Parts of Speech
N
ADJ
V
V
ADJ
ADV or P
N
Make it More Rigorous
• First graders: words that start with the letter B
• More advanced: – Geography: name as many cities as you can think of that start with the letter B. ACTIVITY TIME
• cities in the US, • cities in the world, • cities on a river . . . 3
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Think …
of something that is
blue
Flexibility: Things that are “Green”
Round 1
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The grass
The cover of our text book
The floor tiles
John’s Nikes
Broccoli
Frogs
Flexibility: Things that are “Green”
Round 2
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A jealous person (“green” with envy)
A gardener's thumb!
A “green” card!
John Green!
Go “Green!”
A “Greenhorn!”
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Fog
The fog comes
on little cat feet. It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on. – Carl Sandburg
Elaboration: Name something “green”
Round 3
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grass
Freshly cut grass
Freshly cut grass glistening with dew
Freshly cut grass glistening with dew on an early summer morning
Originality
• Originality is based on each response compared to the total number of responses from a specific group of test takers.
• Originality is context specific
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Challenge Round!
Enjoyment
• Demonstrate flexibility:
– What are different uses for a soup can?
• Demonstrate originality:
– What were the different ways you could have
come to school this morning?
• Demonstrate elaboration:
– Tell me a story about something white.
Debrief
What and why?
• Fluency • Flexibility
• Originality
• Elaboration
Engagement
Enthusiasm
References
Davis, G. A. (2004). Creativity is forever. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing.
Fligor, M. (1989). Brainstorming: The book of topics. Mansfield Center, CT: Creative Learning Press.
Reid, L. (1990). Thinking skills resource book. Mansfield, CT: Creative Learning Press.
Your Three Obligation
• Develop you talents
• Pass on what you learn
• Leave the world better than you found it
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