Visual thinking can sometimes be better than words when brainstorming, asking questions and connecting ideas previously thought to be unconnectable. And mind mapping makes visual thinking come alive. The old saying, “a photo is worth a thousand words” is certainly
Wading through the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), one cannot help but notice the references to creativity. The NGSS guide us along the paths of eight understandings about the nature of science, one of which is “Science is a
In January 2014, the family of jazz great Max Roach donated his papers to the Library of Congress. One of the items on display was his childhood report card. Roach was a D student in music! Those Ds, however, did
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his landmark study, Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, identified several prominent characteristics of creative people He defines creativity as “any act, idea or product that changes an existing domain (e.g., science, art, music), or that transforms an
