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ERIC Number: EJ540877
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Seven Strategies That Encourage Neural Branching.
Cardellichio, Thomas; Field, Wendy
Educational Leadership, v54 n6 p33-36 Mar 1997
Teaching strategies that overcome the brain's natural tendency to limit information can open students' minds to new ideas and creative mental habits. Seven strategies to provoke divergent thinking and deepen understanding are hypothetical thinking, reversal, application of different symbol systems, analogy, viewpoint analysis, completion, and web analysis. (MLH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Lecture Method, Narration, Questioning Techniques, Symbolism, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Neural Branching; Neurobiology; Student Understanding