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Definition of Divergent thinking
1. Noun. Thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity.
Group relationships: Creative Thinking, Creativeness, Creativity
Generic synonyms: Cerebration, Intellection, Mentation, Thinking, Thought, Thought Process
Antonyms: Convergent Thinking
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divergent Thinking
Literary usage of Divergent thinking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"Ill-defined problems are solved by divergent thinking that leads to inventive
... A task that has elements of both convergent and divergent thinking is the ..."
2. Defense Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis: Meeting the Challenge by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"... Analysis divergent thinking Flexible, adaptive, robust strategy (FAR strategy)
Exploratory analysis and convergent thinking Scenario generation, ..."
3. Measuring Innovation in OECD and Non-OECD Countries: Selected Seminar Papers by William Blankley (2006)
"Many methods for the assessment of creativity exist. Measurement of creativity
as a trait usually relies on the detection of divergent thinking or fluency ..."
4. Issues of Curriculum Reform in Science, Mathematics and Higher Order by Ronald D. Anderson (1994)
"... (2) decision making, (3) inferences, (4) divergent thinking skills, (5)
evaluative thinking skills and (6) philosophy and reasoning. ..."
5. Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach by Anthony & Ula Manzo (1990)
"... metaphoric thinking, divergent thinking, problem solving, and other forms that
researchers are just now learning how to delineate and name) 4. ..."
6. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"These writing stages include higher level thinking processes, such as convergent
and divergent thinking, analysis and synthesis, and inferential and ..."
7. Hands-On Thinking Activities: Centers Through the Year Grades 1-3by Jo Ellen Moore by Jo Ellen Moore (2001)
"... deductive reasoning Creative Thinking • fluency • divergent thinking • mental
imagery Note: If your students are ready for more challenging activities, ..."
8. Instruments & Evaluation Designs Used in Gifted Programs by Carolyn M. Callahan (2000)
"... Structure of Intellect Gifted Screening Form 1 Test of divergent thinking 1
Test of Cognitive Skills 1 Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised ..."
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