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SCAMPER is a checklist of ideas-spurring questions. Some of the questions were first suggested by Alex Osborn, a pioneer teacher of creativity. They were later arranged by Bob Eberle into this mnemonic:

S = Substitute?

C = Combine?

A = Adapt?

M = Modify? Magnify?

P = Put to other uses?

E = Eliminate or reduce?

R = Reverse? Rearrange?

To use SCAMPER:

1. Isolate the challenge or subject you want to think about.

2. Ask SCAMPER questions about each step of the challenge or subject and see what new ideas emerge.

MICHAEL MICHALKO. Thinkertoys. Published by Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California.





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