Brainstorming model of teaching is used to improve which of the following?

2017

Brainstorming model of teaching is used to improve which of the following?

  1. A.

    Understanding

  2. B.

    Application

  3. C.

    Creativity

  4. D.

    Problem solving

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Correct answer: C

The brainstorming technique, introduced by Alex Osborn, is a group activity in which participants generate as many ideas as possible on a given topic within a fixed time, with all evaluation and criticism of ideas deliberately suspended until after the idea-generation phase. This separation of free idea generation from judgment is specifically designed to build divergent, creative thinking, since suspending criticism lets unusual and wide-ranging ideas surface that a judgment-heavy method would otherwise suppress.

Applying this to the objectives offered here:

  • Understanding is built through explanation, questioning, and comprehension checks on already-presented material; brainstorming's free-ideation format is not built to explain or re-teach existing content.

  • Application involves correctly using an already-learned rule or procedure on a specific case; a brainstorming session has no fixed procedure to apply, only unconstrained idea generation.

  • Problem solving, as a distinct objective, needs a structured process of identifying a problem, testing possible solutions, and validating one, as in reflective or inquiry-based teaching; brainstorming's own rule is to defer evaluation, so it does not itself test or validate solutions.

  • Creativity is the capacity to generate many varied, unconventional ideas without early judgment; exactly the capacity that brainstorming's deferred-evaluation, high-quantity ideation format is built to develop.

This is confirmed independently by how pedagogy literature classifies teaching techniques: Brainstorming and Synectics are grouped together as techniques aimed at developing learners' creative thinking, distinct from techniques built around concept explanation, skill practice, or structured problem-solving.

So the Brainstorming model of teaching is used to improve Creativity.

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