1+1 = 2. Spiders have eight legs. A dollar is worth 100 pennies, 20 nickels, 10 dimes, or four quarters. Many educational tasks call for children to come up with one right answer. These tasks are also called convergent thinking tasks, and are predominantly the type you see on standardized tests and worksheets.
However, most convergent thinking tasks don't require much creativity on the part of students. Conversely, tasks that have many possible answers or solutions help students hone equally im