>[!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. > >(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): —