WOULD BRAIN STORMING HELPS CRITICAL THINKING
I am just womdering how critical thinking can be a result of brain storming
Randy,
You are doing a great service to your students by using this method because in life many of the problems they will be asked to solve will be word problems. That is a customer, client, patient will verbalize a problem and it will be up to the student to analyze what has been said and then solve the problem be it a math solution, technical solution or a human solution.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I teach remedial math and have found brain-storming to be an excellent tool when tackling the dreaded word problems. I use brain-storming to arrive at the correct solution and to point out why other approaches to the given problem simply do not make sense.
Kim,
I am a big fan of using brainstorming because students get to be creative and expand their tradition thought processes. This helps them to become more reflective in their approaches and solutions.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I think brainstorming is great launching pad into critical thinking. In my speech class, after the students have picked out their topic, they are instructed to brainstorm their topic so that they can come up with meaningful content for their speeches.
I think brainstorming is great launching pad into critical thinking. In my speech class, after the students have picked out their topic, they are instructed to brainstorm their topic so that they can come up with meaningful content for their speeches.
Ghaleb,
I am a big fan of using brainstorming for the reasons you list. Brainstorming gets the critical thinking process started and from there on it is a matter of coming up with solutions. Brainstorming needs to be a part of the critical thinking process.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Yes.....Brainstorming encourages people to come up with thoughts and ideas that can, at first, seem a bit crazy. Some of these ideas can be crafted into original, creative solutions to a problem, while others can spark even more ideas. This helps to get people unstuck by "jolting" them out of their normal ways of thinking.
Therefore, during brainstorming sessions, people should avoid criticizing or rewarding ideas. You're trying to open up possibilities and break down incorrect assumptions about the problem's limits. Judgment and analysis at this stage stunts idea generation and limit creativity.
Collaborative learning amongst adults is more likely to cultivate critical thinking in the classroom and on group projects.
YES! I think the mining disaster story, in the lesson, is a perfect example of this.
Mary,
I like this approach a lot. This is real work and something they will face almost everyday of their working life.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
SURE IT DOESE, BY EXPLORING OTHER PEOPLE IDEAS, TO HELP IN MAKING YOUR WISE DESCION
I have my clinical students brainstorm a list of patient-related problems to help them prioritize which problems would be addressed first.
