Vocabulary
Characteristics
Strategy/Thoughts
Fostering Creativity
100
A phenomenon in which something a person has learned at one time affects how the person learns or performs in a later situation.
What is transfer
100
A student has trouble transferring learned information to new situations and/or had difficulties problem solving
What is students with specific cognitive or academic difficulties
100
A strategy or thought that is partially evident in a learner's behavior
What is overt strategy
100
Encouraging and rewarding unusual ideas and responses
What is showing students that creative thoughts and behaviors are valued.
200
The view of transfer suggesting that the study of rigorous subject matter enhances one's ability to learn other, unrelated things.
What is formal discipline
200
Deficiencies in social problem- solving skills
What is students with social or behavioral problems
200
A strategy or thought that is strictly mental in nature
What is covert strategy
200
Students are more creative when they engage in activities they enjoy and when they have reason to take pride in their accomplishments
What is focusing students' attention on internal rather than external rewards
300
A classroom activity similar to an activity that students are apt to encounter in the outside world.
What is authentic activity
300
Students who have ineffective problem solving skills and little ability to think creatively or critically about classroom topics.
What is students with general delays in cognitive and social functioning
300
A strategy or thought that pulls together several pieces of information to find an answer
What is convergent thinking
300
Brainstorming ideas, focusing attention on gradual progress towards a goal and identifying and addressing obstacles that may get in the way of progress
What is teaching and encouraging cognitive and metacognitive strategies that support creative thinking
400
A general strategy that facilitates problem solving but does not always yield a solution.
What is heuristic
400
Students who have no consistent deficits in complex cognitive processes and there may be deficits due to a students limited experience that require cognitive thinking
What is students with physical or sensory challenges
400
A strategy or thought that helps you mentally move in a variety of directions from a single idea
What is divergent thinking
500
The process of checking oneself to verify understanding and memory of newly acquired information
What is comprehension monitoring
500
Students who ask unusual questions, have more effective problem solving skills, and addresses general problems in society
What is students with advanced cognitive development
500
Knowledge and beliefs about the nature of human cognitive processes as well as conscious attempts to engage in behaviors and thought processes that increase learning and memory
What is metacognition
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