Thinking Skills Activity: Analysis
May 23rd, 2006
ANALYSIS 2
Bob Valiant, 21 March 2004
Thinking Skill Emphasized: ANALYSIS
One aspect of analysis is to identify essential properties of a concept.
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Thinking Skills Activity: Analysis
May 23rd, 2006
ANALYSIS 3
Bob Valiant, 04 April 2004
Thinking Skill Emphasized: ANALYSIS
Analysis of your own perspectives is a powerful form of thinking.
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Thinking Skills Activity: Hypothesizing
May 23rd, 2006
HYPOTHESIZING
Bob Valiant, 15 March 2004
Thinking Skill Emphasized: HYPOTHESIZING
Hypothesizing may be used either in an attempt to generate potential causes for an event or to predict the outcome based on a given set of circumstances. Read more…
Thinking Skills Activity: Detecting Patterns
May 23rd, 2006
Detecting Patterns
Bob Valiant, 15 March 2004
Thinking Skill Emphasized: Detecting Patterns
Detecting patterns is an important skill that helps us recognize ways to organize data that is seemingly chaotic.
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Thinking Skills Activity: Interpreting Statements
May 23rd, 2006
INTERPRET STATEMENTS
Bob Valiant, 15 March 2004
Thinking Skill Emphasized: INTERPRET STATEMENTS
When we are given new information it is necessary to pay close attention in order to determine its meaning.
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Thinking Skills Activity: Creating
May 23rd, 2006
CREATIVITY
Bob Valiant, 15 March 2004
Thinking Skill Emphasized: CREATIVITY
Creating a new product involves using previously learned skills in new ways.
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Using 21st Century Skills
May 16th, 2006
Elsewhere on this web site we document what experts believe will be the basic skills of the 21st Century. For example the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory has identified digital-age literacy, inventive thinking, effective communication, and high productivity as the new basics. Closer examination of these four skill areas indicates a concentration of skills generally categorized as higher-level thinking and their use in real-world situations. Several articles on this site identify these skills and even include teaching activities to help students master them. It turns out that knowing the skills and being able to use them is not enough, however.
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