Sensorimotor stage
Also known as a ‘concept map’, a mind map is a visual representation of ideas that are all related – in one way or another – to the specific skill or information you’re attempting to learn. While they may look complicated, they’re a way for creative minds to connect the dots between all the different thoughts that emerge from the learning content, highlighting the various relationships, the similarities, and the differences between concepts.
Preoperational stage
Brain sketching is closely related to mind mapping, and it’s a rather unusual term for what can be a highly effective learning technique for creative minds. For minds that absorb visual information more easily than textual data, creating visual representations of this data through brain sketching can be hugely beneficial.
Concrete operational stage
Self explanation and elaborative interrogation are two different concepts, but they’re very closely related. Self explanation is almost like the art of storytelling, a firm favourite of many creative minds. It encourages learners to take the information they have and reimagine and reinvent it, explaining it in a completely different way that still comprehensively covers the subject. Ultimately, this learning technique is about finding different journeys to the same destination.
Formal operational stage
While creative minds may think it’s better to learn independently, adopting a collaborative learning technique and working alongside a partner may be the secret to success. Why? Because creativity cannot thrive alone; creative minds work best when they’re inspired by new ideas, and when they can see different perspectives.