Creative Thinking Four behaviours associated with creative thinking are fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration. Fluency is the ability to generate many ideas. List different forms of power. Brainstorm possible consequences of a global economy. Flexibility requires generating a wide range of ideas.
Originality refers to unique, unusual responses.
Original responses usually occur at the end of an idea-finding activity, after the more obvious ideas have been produced. Elaboration requires adding ideas, providing details, extending thinking. When students use creative thinking strategies to generate ideas, it is important to establish rules to keep the process moving and to create a safe environment. Generate as many ideas as possible. Add to other people's ideas.