What is Brainstorming

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A process writing stage which aims is to recall prior knowledge or schemata. Learn more in: Ipsative Assessment of Essay Writing to Foster Reflection and Self-Awareness of Progress

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A technique to drop new ideas about a matter, where the participants propose briefly their suggestions which are discussed afterwards. Learn more in: TBS: Giving Case Studies a Twist

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The process of generating as many responses as possible in relation to a prompt. This may be undertaken individually or in a group. Learn more in: Tools to Mediate Learning and Self-Assessment in a STEAM Unit of Work

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A rapid-fire free-associational listing of items according to a specific purpose. Learn more in: Virtual Writing as Actual Leadership

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An idea generation process in which individuals or groups are instructed to generate ideas without criticizing or censoring themselves or one another. Learn more in: Tools for the Process: Technology to Support Creativity and Innovation

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A group or individual technique of gathering ideas to reach for the better. Learn more in: Bring the Media Literacy of Turkish Pre-Service Teachers to the Table

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It is a type of meeting where members of the team exchange ideas and produce new ideas. Learn more in: Importance of Risk Management and Risk Management Process

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When a group works together to generate ideas, one person’s contributions may trigger ideas in the minds of the other participants while at the same time their ideas may also spark ideas in their own mind too. Learn more in: Engineering for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

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An idea generating technique. Its main goals are to break us out of our habit-bound thinking and to produce a set of ideas from which we can choose. Learn more in: Music Composition for Creative Thinking: An Educational Experience Based on Creative Process

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The act of generating many ideas to answer a question, solve a problem, or create something new. Learn more in: The Impact of Pre-Writing Practices Among Writers From Multiple Academic Disciplines and Business Sectors

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A group creativity technique by which a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members is gathered to find the best solution to a specific problem. Learn more in: On the Relationships between Creative Learning, Creative Teaching, and Roles of Creative Teachers

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A group technique aimed at enhancing the creativity and the production of new ideas; it is very useful for finding solutions to problems when the traditional approach seems to be unsatisfactory. Participants start talking about a topic or a real problem and they are asked to share their opinions freely so that everyone is able to express ideas linked to those already stated. Brainstorming can be carried out orally or in a written form, face-to face or online, and is usually moderated. The technique includes two phases; the first one is divergent, where the production of new ideas is stimulated for a fixed period of time; the moderator invites the participants not to pass judgment or to criticise and tries to enhance the discussion flow. The second phase, the so-called convergent phase, is aimed at selecting and evaluating ideas so as to identify and share the most interesting ones. Learn more in: Fostering Collaboration in CSCL