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Question:

Multiple choice question

Innovative thinking is the type of thinking that people use when they think of new ideas or new ways of doing things.

If you want to hear the people in the pictures talking about innovation, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Z7eal4uXI.

For additional examples of innovations, go to Exercise 3 for the word 'instance'.

to find different ways of doing things

repacking or recycling old ideas

to be creative

to think of new ideas

Which answers are closest in meaning to innovation? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

to be creative

to think of new ideas

repacking or recycling old ideas

to find different ways of doing things
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Multiple choice question

Some innovations are new ideas that change the way people think about or do things.

For example:

Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity was a great innovation which changed the way people think about the concepts of time, energy, space and mass.

picture 1 - the wheel

picture 3 - a mouse with a ball inside

picture 4 - a chair that does not have 4 legs

picture 2 - a steam engine for trains

Some innovations make big changes in the way people do things. Which pictures below show innovations that changed the way people do things? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

picture 3 - a mouse with a ball inside

picture 1 - the wheel

picture 2 - a steam engine for trains

picture 4 - a chair that does not have 4 legs
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Multiple choice question

This exercise introduces the well-known Nine Dots Puzzle. 

What could be stopping me from doing this in a new way?

If I fail, that will mean I am not clever enough - so why should I even try?

How can I do this in a different way?

How well do you 'think outside the box'?

Below is a picture of nine dots.

Draw them on a sheet of paper.

Then follow these rules:

 You must draw only FOUR - or less - straight lines that connect all nine dots. 

Do NOT lift your pencil from the paper.

Good luck!

Which questions below can help you 'think outside the box'? Choose 2 correct answers.

Response:

What could be stopping me from doing this in a new way?

If I fail, that will mean I am not clever enough - so why should I even try?

How can I do this in a different way?