Divergent Thinking for Advanced Learners, Grades 3–5

✍ Scribed by Emily Hollett, Anna Cassalia

• Publisher: Routledge/Prufrock Press
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 183
• Series: Integrated Lessons in Higher Order Thinking Skills
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Divergent Thinking for Advanced Learners, Grades 3–5 will develop students’ specific creative thinking skills.

Divergent thinking is a skill which helps students approach problems with a flexible and open mind. Working through the lessons and handouts in this book, students will learn to examine problems from multiple perspectives and fluently generate varied solutions. This curriculum provides cohesive, scaffolded lessons to teach each targeted area of competency, followed by authentic application activities for students to then apply their newly developed skill set.

This book can be used as a stand-alone gifted curriculum or as part of an integrated curriculum. Each lesson ties in both reading and metacognitive skills, making it easy for teachers to incorporate into a variety of contexts.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction to Divergent Thinking
Materials
Introduction: Frame of the Discipline
Primary Source: Artwork Analysis
Thinking Skills Avatar
Bibliography
Chapter 1 Sub-Skill 1: Generating Ideas
Generating Ideas Lesson 1: Avoiding Judgment
Generating Ideas Lesson 2: Developing Fluency
Generating Ideas Authentic Application Activity: Force-Fitting Ideas Together
Generating Ideas Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Chapter 2 Sub-Skill 2: Changing Perspectives
Changing Perspectives Lesson 1: Looking at Different Visual Perspectives
Changing Perspectives Lesson 2: Understanding Others’ Points of View
Changing Perspectives Authentic Application Activity: Circle of Viewpoints
Changing Perspectives Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Chapter 3 Sub-Skill 3: Elaborating
Elaborating Lesson 1: Visual Elaboration
Elaborating Lesson 2: Elaborating in Writing
Elaborating Authentic Application Activity: Using Elaboration in Opinion Writing
Elaborating Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Chapter 4 Sub-Skill 4: Innovating
Innovating Lesson 1: Discovering New Uses
Innovate Lesson 2: Innovating with Existing Ideas
Innovating Authentic Application Activity: Creating a Purposeful Innovation
Innovating Concluding Activity
Bibliography
Chapter 5 Sub-Skill 5: Giving Ideas Purpose
Giving Ideas Purpose Lesson 1: Setting an Intentional Purpose
Giving Ideas Purpose Lesson 2: Creating a Plan of Action
Giving Ideas Purpose Authentic Application Activity: Creative Problem-Solving
Giving Ideas Purpose Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Appendix A: Assessments
Appendix B: Extensions