Instructional design/Divergent Thinking/Review your learning

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ID Homepage 1. Framing the Conversation 2. Why use it? 3. Intro to SCAMPER 4. Example SCAMPER Activities 5. Assess Your Learning 6. Summary
Review Your Learning

For each element of the SCAMPER method, identify the question that best reflects that element:

1. Substitution

What other product or process could you use?
→ Yes, this is a good question to ask for substitution.
What if you combined purposes or objectives?
→ Incorrect. This question is better suited for a combination scenario.
Who else could use this product?
→ Incorrect. This is asking the learner to put the object or idea to another use.
What roles could you reverse or swap?
→ Incorrect. This question is asking to reverse processes, not substitute.

2. Combine

What could you combine to maximize the uses of this product?
→ Yes, this is an excellent question to ask for combination.
How could you change the shape, look, or feel of your product?
→ Incorrect. This question is asking to change, not combine, ideas or things.
What could you understate or tone down?
→ Incorrect. This question is asking to eliminate an element.
How would this product behave differently in another setting?
→ Incorrect. This is asking the learner to put the object or idea to another use.

3. Adapt

What other products or ideas could you use for inspiration?
→ Correct. The question is asking to adapt existing products or ideas to create new ones. Think Apple Watch.
How could you change the shape, look, or feel of your product?
→ Incorrect. Although close, this is asking to modify an existing product for an existing use.
What will happen if you change your feelings or attitude toward this product?
→ Incorrect. This is asking to substitute an attitude or feeling.
How would this product behave differently in another setting?
→ Incorrect. This is close choice. However, it is asking to take an existing product and put it to another use.

4. Modify

What could you emphasize or highlight to create more value?
→ Correct. The question is asking to make a change to existing product to add more value.
What other product or process could you use?
→ Incorrect. This is asking to substitute an product or process.
What other products or ideas could you use for inspiration?
→ Incorrect. Here, the question is asking to adapt an existing product for a new use.
What if you try to do the exact opposite of what you're trying to do now?
→ Incorrect. The question is asking the learner to reverse his or her thinking.

5. Put to another use

Could you recycle the waste from this product to make something new?
→ Correct. The concept of recycling is a perfect example of putting to another use.
How could you make it smaller, faster, lighter, or more fun?
→ Incorrect. In this question, it asking to eliminate elements to improve functionality.
How could you adapt or readjust this product to serve another purpose or use?
→ Incorrect. The question has the word adapt in it. This question is for adaptation.
How could you reorganize this product?
→ Incorrect. Reorganizing is not putting the product or idea to another use.

6. Eliminate

How could you streamline or simplify this product?
→ Correct. The question is asking what can be eliminated to make the product more efficient.
How would this product behave differently in another setting?
→ Incorrect. The question is focusing on putting the product in a different environment--not eliminating anything.
What could you combine to maximize the uses of this product?
→ Incorrect. Combining is not the same as eliminating.
What other product or process could you use?
→ Incorrect. This question is asking to substitute, not eliminate products or processes.

7. Reverse

What roles could you reverse or swap?
→ Correct. You can easily identify this question by the key word reverse.
What would happen if you combined this product with another, to create something new?
→ Incorrect. This is asking to combine to create something new.
What other product or process could you use?
→ Incorrect. This is asking to substitute an product or process.
What element of this product could you strengthen to create something new?
→ Incorrect. This is asking to modify a product not reverse it.

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