>[!abstract]
>SCAMPER is an acronym that provides a structured way of assisting students to think out of the box and enhance their knowledge. It is thought to protect students' creativity as they mature. The initials refer to:
>- Substitute (analogy) comes up with another topic that is equivalent to the present topics.
>- Combine (convergence) adds information to the original topic.
>- Adjust identifies ways to construct the topic in a more flexible and adjusted material.
>- Modify, magnify, minify creatively changes the topic or makes a feature/idea bigger or smaller.
>- Put to other uses (generate/divergence/connect) identifies the possible scenarios and situations where this topic can be used.
>- Eliminate removes ideas or elements from the topic that are not valuable.
>- Reverse, rearrange evolves a new concept from the original concept.
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>(Wikipedia, 2025).
>[!related]
>- **North** (upstream): [[Creative problem-solving]]
>- **West** (similar): [[TRIZ]] (theory of inventive problem solving, another systematic creativity tool)
>- **East** (different): [[Fixed mindset]], [[Functional fixedness]] (seeing objects and ideas only in their conventional uses and forms)
>- **South** (downstream): —