convergent thinking
- noun
- /kənˈvɜrdʒənt ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
- Specialized
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pensamiento convergente
- During the assessment, the teacher highlighted the role of convergent thinking in reaching the correct answers.
- convergent and divergent thinking
And so the key element for convergent thinking is the aspect of persistence and focus.
- And so the key element for convergent thinking is the aspect of persistence and focus.
Examples
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Of the musical aptitudes, some (those of tonal and rhythmic imagery and musical syntax) are most clearly connected to convergent thinking.
Academic text (1991) -
The team relied on convergent thinking to solve the complex puzzle, focusing on finding the single solution.
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Use both divergent and convergent thinking.
Academic text (2015) -
Completely independent from divergent thinking, convergent thinking involves the product of a correct solution to a problem.
Academic text (1990) -
And so the key element for convergent thinking is the aspect of persistence and focus.
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We can work from the perspective of the classical distinction between divergent and convergent thinking.
Academic text (1998) -
Rote learning, memorization, and convergent thinking are more likely to be augmented or even replaced by discovery learning, problem solving, and divergent thinking.
Academic text (2002) -
They include such convergent thinking skills as the ability to recognize rhythmic and tonal patterns and musical syntax (sensitivity to musical whole).
Academic text (1991) -
The other kind of thinking administrators use—convergent thinking (Molle et al. 1999)—is evaluative rather than exploratory.
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Using convergent thinking, the students quickly identified the correct answer to the math problem.
Synonyms
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Finding ways to deal with difficult or complex situations
Antonyms
How Focused
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'convergent' (tending to come together) + 'thinking' (deliberate use of the mind) yields 'thinking that brings ideas together toward a single solution.' Although it's a technical term in psychology, the sense follows normal English composition and has clear parallels in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
Convergent thinking gives a simple picture: many lines or ideas meet at one point, since convergent means 'coming together' and thinking is the work of the mind. So, it refers to using focused facts and ideas to reach a 'single correct solution' to a 'problem'.