The Art of Brainstorming

What is brainstorming?. A way of learning. An art. A tool for accessing information quickly and deeply. An inductive mode of thought.

In a school in the UK in which students study the properties of water, the students will probably first... memorise the chemical formula for water (H20). see which objects float and which sink in a container full of water. learn about molecules and mass. answer a test about the propertiesof water.

The teacher develops intuition in the students by ... brainstorming. practicing first. learning why you are doing something. explaining grammar first.

Which sentence is the correct one?. Intuition and brainstorming are techniques for harnessing the left-hand side of the brain. Intuition is like a police officer, as it deals with order and organisation. When you sit staring at a blank page wondering what to write first is called "writer's block". Immediate access to the information we have stored in our minds is called "intuition".

This article suggest. to not spend valuable time for brainstorming before an exam. to use both sides of the brain by practising intuition. to write mind maps as fast as a student can do. to spend five minutes brainstorming in an exam situation.