The document discusses various concepts related to creativity, thinking, and problem solving. It defines creativity as turning ideas into reality through imagination and action. It also discusses lateral thinking, myths of creativity, critical thinking, creative thinking, convergent/divergent thinking, multiple intelligences, problem solving steps, analytical thinking, quantitative reasoning, and numerical reasoning.

1. SHALET K S
Asst. Prof

2. •Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into
reality.
•Creativity is characterised by the ability to perceive the world in
new ways, to find hidden patterns, to make connections between
seemingly unrelated phenomena, and to generate solutions.
•Creativity involves two processes: thinking, then producing. If
you have ideas but don’t act on them, you are imaginative but not
creative.
Creativity ?

3. Imagination, also called the faculty of imagining, is the ability to
form new images and sensations in the mind that are not perceived
through senses such as sight, hearing, or other senses.
Imagination helps make knowledge applicable in solving problems
and is fundamental to integrating experience and the learning
process.
Imagination

4. Intuition
Intuition, a phenomenon of the mind, describes the
ability to acquire knowledge without inference or the use
of reason.

5. Lateral thinking is solving problems through
an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not
immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be
obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic.
Lateral Thinking

6. Most people think creativity is divinely-inspired,
unpredictable and bestowed on only a lucky few. There are a lot of
popular myths about business creativity, yet none of them have
much scientific evidence.
Some of the common myths that prevail regarding creativity
are mentioned below.
Myths of Creativity
1: Creativity is only needed at the top.
2: People are creative (or not) based on what they do.
3: Creativity can’t be developed.
4: Creativity isn’t my job.
5: My technical skills and experience are enough

7. Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of
actively and skilfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing,
synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or
generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or
communication, as a guide to belief and action.
Critical Thinking

8. A way of looking at problems or situations from a fresh
perspective that suggests unorthodox solutions (which may look
unsettling at first). Creative thinking can be stimulated both by an
unstructured process such as brainstorming, and by
a structured process such as lateral thinking.
Creative Thinking

9. • Creative thinking is generative in purpose whereas critical
thinking is analytical in purpose.
• Critical thinking is selective, but creative thinking is not
selective.
• The mind is free to wander about in Creative thinking, but in
the case of Critical thinking it is not so
Main Differences Between Creative Thinking &
Critical Thinking

10. Left Brain Vs Right brain

11. Convergent thinking is a term coined by Joy Paul
Guilford as the opposite of divergent thinking. It generally
means the ability to give the "correct" answer to standard
questions that do not require significant creativity, for
instance in most tasks in school and on standardized multiple-
choice tests for intelligence.
Convergent Thinking

12. Divergent thinking is a thought process or method used
to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions.
It is often used in conjunction with its cognitive
opposite, convergent thinking, which follows a particular set of
logical steps to arrive at one solution, which in some cases is a
‘correct’ solution.
Divergent Thinking

13. Critical reading is an analytic activity. The
reader rereads a text to identify patterns of elements --
information, values, assumptions, and language usage--
throughout the discussion. These elements are tied
together in an interpretation, an assertion of an
underlying meaning of the text as a whole.
Critical Reading

14. The Nature Of The Text: What Are You Reading?
The Working Environment: Where Will You
Read?
The Goal or Assignment: How Will You Read?
Three Formats For Discussion: A Quick Reminder
Factors That Effect Critical Reading

15. The theory of multiple intelligences is a theory
of intelligence that differentiates it into specific (primarily
sensory) 'modalities', rather than seeing intelligence as
dominated by a single general ability.
Multiple Intelligence

16. Linguistic intelligence ("word smart")
Logical-mathematical intelligence ("number/reasoning
smart")
Spatial intelligence ("picture smart")
Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence ("body smart")
Musical intelligence ("music smart")
Interpersonal intelligence ("people smart")
Intrapersonal intelligence ("self smart")
Naturalist intelligence ("nature smart")
Types Of Intelligence

17. Steps In Problem Solving
1. Define the problem
2. Generate alternative solutions
3. Evaluate and select an alternative
4. Implement and follow up on the solution
The four important steps in problem solving

18. Six
Thinking
Hats

19. Six
Thinking
Hats

20.  A mind map is a diagram used to visually organize
information.
A mind map is often created around a single concept,
drawn as an image in the centre of a blank page, to which
associated representations of ideas such as images, words
and parts of words are added.
Major ideas are connected directly to the central concept,
and other ideas branch out from those.
Mind Mapping

22. Forced Connections
 Forced connections are based on the brain’s ability to
link two disparate items -such as words, objects , feelings,
and ideas- and then use the new language generated by the
linkages to think through the problem.
 It is called Forced Connections because it relies on
random external triggers that force people to make a
connection between the problem at hand and the trigger.
These triggers cause people to broaden their perspective.

23. Analytical Thinking
Analytical thinking is a critical component of
visual thinking that gives one the ability to solve problems
quickly and effectively. It involves a methodical step-by-
step approach to thinking that allows you to break down
complex problems into single and manageable
components.

24. Gather Information.
Identify Issues and
Problems.
Organize Information.
Steps Of Analytical Thinking

25. By one definition, quantitative reasoning (QR) is the
application of basic mathematics skills, such as algebra, to the
analysis and interpretation of real-world quantitative information
in the context of a discipline or an interdisciplinary problem to
draw conclusions that are relevant to students in their daily lives.
It is not just mathematics.
Quantitative Reasoning

26. In a numerical reasoning test, you are required to answer
questions using facts and figures presented in statistical tables.
 In each question you are usually given a number of options to
choose from. Only one of the options is correct in each case.
Numerical Reasoning