Advanced Studies
Thinking Skill
Definition
Flexible Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Analytical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Synonym
Innovating
Sub-skills
Adapting means to adjust to
new
or
changing
circumstances, to modify in
order to fit new conditions, to
alter by using skill and
judgment, and to shift to fit
emerging scenarios.
Planning
means
to
use
forecasting,
forethought,
prediction, and skill to execute
and implement a strategy.
Examining
means
to
investigate
available
and
hidden data, to interpret the
meaning(s) of uncovered clues
or information, to question the
importance of connections, and
to inquire as to the relationship
between
separate
and
overlapping parts.
Innovating means to imagine
and create new and unusual
ideas, methods, and devices. It
means to use brainstorming
and play in order to invent and
construct original works.
Thinking Taxonomy
Advanced Studies
Thinking Skill
Definition
Logical Thinking
Logical
thinking
is
the Problem solving
intellectual system of reasoning,
use of logic, and problem
solving.
Logical thinking
requires an examination of the
nature of fallacies, the principles
of good reasoning, and the
analysis of complex arguments.
Analogical thinking is the use of Comparing
the known to understand and
define the unknown. It involves
the transfer of an idea from one
context to a new one and the
joining of two apparently
unrelated elements. Metaphor
and simile are two elements of
analogy.
Critical thinking is the evaluative Evaluating
process of judging, reasoning,
reflecting,
deciding,
and
analyzing.
Critical thinking
involves
making
informed
decisions and interpretations.
Characteristics
of
critical
thinkers
are
those
of
inquisitiveness,
confidence,
judiciousness,
self-regulation,
reasoned
thinking,
openmindedness, truth-seeking, and
the willingness to take positive
risks.
Analogical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Synonym
Sub-skills
Problem solving means to use
reasoning and logic to deduce
and conclude.