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CPS Vocabulary 7th
CPS Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Creative | An idea is creative when it includes elements of fluency, flexibility, originality, and/or elaboration, and also if it is valuable and/or relevant. |
Problem | For the purposes of CPS, a problem is any real situation that presents a challenge, an opportunity, or a concern, goal, or wish. |
Solving | To solve means to come up with ways to solve the problem. For the sake of this class, solving the problem also requires actions, not just ideas. |
Divergent thinking | is thinking with fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration; analyzing; describing and listing |
Convergent thinking | is thinking with logic and judgment; putting things together; synthesizing; evaluating |
Fluency | a type of creative thinking when you think of many different ideas |
Flexibility | a type of creative thinking when you think of using something in many different ways |
Originality | a type of creative thinking when you think of something new which only you could think of |
Elaboration | a type of creative thinking when you’re able to make something better by adding things to it |
Type I Enrichment | exploring new information about an interest; learning about something new from an expert |
Type II Enrichment | learning how to do something which is either interesting or necessary |
Type III Enrichment | becoming a first-hand inquirer; solving a real problem for a real audience |