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CPS Vocabulary 7th
CPS Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Creative | An idea is creative when it includes elements of fluency, flexibility, originality, and/or elaboration, and also if it is valuable and/or relevant. |
| Problem | For the purposes of CPS, a problem is any real situation that presents a challenge, an opportunity, or a concern, goal, or wish. |
| Solving | To solve means to come up with ways to solve the problem. For the sake of this class, solving the problem also requires actions, not just ideas. |
| Divergent thinking | is thinking with fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration; analyzing; describing and listing |
| Convergent thinking | is thinking with logic and judgment; putting things together; synthesizing; evaluating |
| Fluency | a type of creative thinking when you think of many different ideas |
| Flexibility | a type of creative thinking when you think of using something in many different ways |
| Originality | a type of creative thinking when you think of something new which only you could think of |
| Elaboration | a type of creative thinking when you’re able to make something better by adding things to it |
| Type I Enrichment | exploring new information about an interest; learning about something new from an expert |
| Type II Enrichment | learning how to do something which is either interesting or necessary |
| Type III Enrichment | becoming a first-hand inquirer; solving a real problem for a real audience |