Thinking Skills |
Acquisition of Knowledge
Gaining specific facts, ideas, vocabulary;
Remembering in a similar form.
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Comprehension
Grasping meaning from material learned;
Communicating and interpreting learning.
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Appreciation
Making use of previously acquired knowledge in practical or new ways.
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Analysis
Taking knowledge or ideas apart;
Separating into component parts;
Seeing relationships;
Finding unique characteristics.
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Synthesis
Combining parts to create wholes;
Creating, designing, developing and innovating.
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Evaluation
Making judgements or decisions based
on chosen criteria, standards or conditions.
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Dialectical thought
Thinking about two or more different points of view at the same time;
Understanding both points of view;
Being able to construct an argument for either point of view
based on knowledge of the other;
Realizing that others can also take one's own point of view.
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Metacognition
Analysing one's own and others' thought processes;
Thinking about thinking and thinking about how one thinks and how one learns.
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Transdisciplinary Skills
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