Creativity Module 9.6

Background

Enhancing Fluency

Background Information:

Fluency involves generating many ideas (Sternberg, 1988;Cotton,1991; Michalko, 2006).andis defined “as the number of the ideas and approaches used to accomplish a task or solve a problem.

Activities

Name as many colorsas you can. Substitute: girls’ names, boys’ names, toys, uses of a brick, fruits, sandwiches, states, oceans, etc.

Assessments

Assessment

Observe if after practice, there is an increase in the number of responses to the activity.Following in Box 9.3is a Voice from the Field that shares several fluency activities as well as a suggested assessment