9 Critical & Creative Thinking Strategies

Our grasp of creativity and critical thinking is improved when we see them in symbiotic relationship with one another. Creativity benefits from our recognizing the role of critical thinking in ensuring the value of novel ideas. In turn, critical thinking comes into clearer focus when we recognize it as a creative act that enriches understanding by giving rise to something that wasn’t there before.

- William Bryant

The nine critical and creative thinking strategies are based on the work of Dr. Edward DeBono and Dr. Richard Paul.