When a Group of Students Gets Together and Brainstorms to Come

question 41

Multiple Choice

When a group of students gets together and brainstorms to come up with ideas for a classroom project,they usually hope that their ideas will be original and creative.Groups that contain which individuals will be most successful at meeting this goal?

• A) convergent thinkers
• B) with high levels of crystallized intelligence
• C) with high levels of practical intelligence
• D) divergent thinkers

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