Total Time: 2 hour(s)

Summary: 
This course provides information about reproductive and productive thinking. It discusses the differences between critical and creative thinking, which are thinking skills that assist in the productive thinking process. This course also describes habits that can help you get more out of your brainstorming sessions

Ojectives: 
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Define reproductive and productive thinking.
Identify the three levels of reproductive thinking.
Describe the characteristics of creative and critical thinking.
Describe the difficulties that people have with staying in the question in order to avoid simply settling for an answer.
Describe the tools you need to make better use of your brainstorming sessions.

Topics: 
Reproductive thinking
Productive thinking
Being open to the possible
Brainstorming in thirds

Technical Requirements: 
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.