1. Chapter 3 By Samantha Thomsit

2. DIVERGENT THINKING A type of creative thinking that starts from a common point and moves outward to a variety of perspectives.

3. CONVERGENT THINKING A type of thinking that attempts to bring together thoughts from different perspectives in order to achieve a common understanding or conclusion

4. INNOVATION A type of divergent thinking that aims to produce something that is original and of value. It involves generating and developing ideas, hypothesizing, imagining possibilities, and seeking new solutions.

5. CRITICAL THINKING A type of convergent thinking that determines the validity or value of something. Sometimes called analytical thinking, it involves precise, persistent, objective analysis.

6. INDUCTIVE THINKING A type of reasoning that moves from parts to the whole, from examples to generalizations. e.g Students might be asked to answer the following: “What pattern do you observe?” “Where have we seen this before?” etc.

7. DEDUCTIVE THINKING A type of reasoning that moves from the whole to its parts, from generalizations to underlying concepts to examples. Sample questions include: “What are the similar components of these two objects?” “What are some examples of this principle?”

8. SUMMARY OF CREATIVE THINKING While creative thinking is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot, its not usually defined, and to make matters even more complicated, its typically described as either an outcome, or a component, of a variety of different approaches and types of thinking: inquiry learning, interdisciplinary learning, critical thinking, problem solving, informed decision making, knowledge construction, inductive reasoning, reflective thinking, and innovation, to name just a few.