PMI – Plus, Minus, Interesting

Purpose:

Solution Finding

Additional Purpose(s):

Supporting Thinking

Overview:

This process supports examination of ideas, concepts and experiences from more than one perspective before drawing conclusions or making decisions.

Procedure:

Have learners work with a partner or in small groups to brainstorm responses to the prompts for steps 1-3 before they make their conclusions in step 4. 

Step 1 – P: What are all the positive points you can think of? 

Step 2 – M: What are all the negative points you can think of? 

Step 3 – I: What are the interesting points to which attention should be given? 

Step 4: Make your conclusion after considering the positives, negatives and the interesting.  

Materials:

PMI – Plus, Minus, Interesting

Source:

Adapted from:

https://www.virtuallibrary.info/pmi-plus-minus-interesting-strategy.html