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Article : BRAIN STORMING IN AFTER - STORY READING SESSION
Author Name : T.Idayaraja and Dr.A.Tholappan
Abstract : This paper explores the integration of the Brainstorming technique into the After-Story Reading Session to enhance children#34sigs learning outcomes. Despite cultural shifts, India remains a vibrant home of storytelling, which inherently supports cognitive, affective, and social development, leading to benefits like vocabulary enrichment, empathy, and improved attention span. Story reading is conventionally structured into three parts: before, during, and after the session. The final, after-session review and discussion is crucial for consolidating learning. Brainstorming, popularized by Osburn (1953), is a powerful tool for group idea generation, characterized by its four core rules: deferment of judgment (no criticism), freewheeling, quantity wanted, and building on ideas. Applying this technique involves setting groups, explaining the rules, posing problems (categorized as lower, middle, and higher-order thinking), leading the session to record all ideas, and finally, evaluating them. This structured approach encourages students to intensely think about the story#34sigs information, ideas, and values, thereby constructing their own knowledge. The benefits include deeper empathetic connection with characters, development of vocabulary and grammar, and stimulation of their cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. The natural fit between brainstorming (free expression) and story reading (interest-arousing) makes their combination highly effective for attaining all learning objectives.
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