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Brainstorming
What Patrick’s group did called brainstorming. It is perhaps the most popular to in generating creative
and rich ideas. It helps people established patterns of ideas developed new ways of thinking, activate
background knowledge, and overcome mental block.
METHODS INBRAINSTORMING
You can brainstorm effectively either by creating an idealist or by making and idea map.
Creating an idealist simply involves listing ideas about particular topic. It also help you find the main idea
and supporting details from the numerous ideas listed.
How to make an idealist-This strategy is specially appropriate to textual people or those who are more
comfortable in processing word than visuals. It simply requires you to write the main topic and then
write down all related concepts below it. Here is an example.
Another brainstorming method is making an idea map. It is visual representation of ideas and their
connections with one another. Unlike the idea list, an idea map is more structured; thus, it is able to
show one idea subordinates another idea.
How to make and idea map-Put the big idea or question at the center. Then, add a related idea by
writing it down in a circle near big idea, drawing a line between the two to show the ideas are
connected. Continue this process of connecting ideas until you have generated enough concepts.
GRAPHICS ORGANIZERS are visual representation of concepts that help us structures information into
organizational patterns. They present essential information and connect these pieces of information to a
coherent framework.
The principle of division requires that no cluster should contain only one.
In short, if you have subheading 1. There should be subheading 2. Lastly, the principles parallel
construction requires all entries in each cluster to use the same structure or format. For example, the
word promotes and improves in sample topic outline below the simple present tense.