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In her small reading group, Mrs. Casey discussed new vocabulary words with the students. She explained that the new word dugout is used to describe a place in the hillside that was dug out by the pioneer family in the story and used for shelter. She asked students to draw a picture to represent the new vocabulary word dugout to help them remember the meaning. Which of the following students used divergent thinking to represent the word's meaning?
a. Maria drew a hole in the side of a hill with tall grass growing on top.
b. Julio drew a bear curled up in a dugout at the side of a rocky mountain.
c. Karmen drew a small opening in a hillside and put a door on it.
d. Stan drew a cave in the side of a hill with trees growing around it.
Answer:
b. Julio drew a bear curled up in a dugout at the side of a rocky mountain.
Explanation:
Every student's representation of the dugout was creative. They've all added detail they believe to be pertinent. Since the dugout served as shelter, Karmen put a door on it. She probably associates shelter to a home. However, Julio's thinking was the one that went the furthest. He is the student who used divergent thinking - a process in which many solutions are explored, generating different creative ideas. Divergent thinking is spontaneous and non-linear, being thus quite surprising. It flows freely in several possible directions, allowing for more possibilities than convergent thinking. That is why Julio was able to come up with a bear when the teacher didn't mention anything that even resembled it.
