Brainstorming

Brainstorming is a group creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members. 

Nominal group techniqueනාමික කණ්ඩායම තාක්ෂණය

Group passing techniqueකණ්ඩායම සම්මත තාක්ෂණය

Team idea mapping methodකණ්ඩායම අදහස් අනුරූපණය ක්රම

Directed brainstorming

“Writer’s block” is a common

problem to many students. This is

when ideas for writing do not come

very easily.  It is easy to get very

frustrated when beginning to write.

Brainstorming activities can help

you get ideas for your essay and

help you become less frustrated

üClustering

.  Start with the main topic of your essay.  Write

 that word in the center of your paper.

.  Write down any sub-topics that are

 connected 

to that main topic.  Draw arrows to the sub-

topics from the main topic

If you have new ideas, connect those words to

 the appropriate sub-topic.

Listing

Start with the main topic of your essay.  Write that word or words at the top of your paper

Write down any word or phrase that might relate to your main topic underneath.  Don’t worry about spelling or grammar.  Your goal is to write down as many ideas as quickly as possible

Freewriting

Start with the main topic of your essay.  Write that word or words at the top of your paper.

.  Freewriting is like talking to yourself on

 paper.  Write as much as you can in connected

 sentences (not lists) about your topic.  Write

 as quickly as you can without stopping to

 think 

about grammar or organization.