The students in Mr. Walker's class are engaged in a creative activity designed to help them become effective problem solvers. Mr. Walker held up a large rubber band and told students to list as many ways to use the rubber band as possible. He is giving them 90 seconds to create their lists. How is this activity most likely intended to increase students' problem-solving effectiveness?

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This activity is intended to help students avoid approaches that hinder problem solving by encouraging them to think creatively and generate as many ideas as possible. By practicing divergent thinking and breaking out of typical response sets or fixed ways of thinking, students can become more effective problem solvers. This exercise may also help them to develop the ability to brainstorm and generate more ideas in the future.

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