These learning task provide classroom-based learning that promotes student problem finding and ideation in the quest for developing an purposeful idea or problem for study.
This video provides background for conducing a brainstorming session with students and using the Torrance classification scheme to help analyze results.
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"Problem finding is that creative process which requires setting objectives,
defining purposes, deciding what is interesting, and,
ultimately, determining what to investigate."
"Developing an idea requires creativity, as it asks students to clarify objectives, frame purposes,
determine what is engaging, and decide what they want to study. "
This video helps explain the taxonomy of open-inquiry investigations to help students best understand the real-world value of their projects.