ABSTRACT
The ability to add on to an idea; to give details, builds groups of related ideas or expands on ideas. Elaboration is the creative thinking behavior that results in adding to or embellishing an idea. It is the ability to add details, fill in the gaps, build groups of related ideas and expand ideas. The purpose of elaboration is to expand or stretch; to add to our existing knowledge or the original idea. Elaboration is a creative thinking skill because the learner is required to ask more questions and seek more answers than are generally given, or to take a simple idea and develop a more complex thought. The more the learner elaborates on the original drawing, the more complex and creative the doodle becomes.
