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WorksheetsChapter 5 Flash Cards (Critical, Creative and Practical Thinking Skills)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
CRITICAL/ANALYTICAL THINKING SKILLS
◦refer to abilities to be open-minded, mindful, and analytical, and to evaluate, question, reason, hypothesize, interpret, explain, and draw conclusions.
•THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
•GENERATING NEW IDEAS
CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS
◦The process of gathering information, breaking it into parts, examining and evaluating those parts, and making connections for the purposes of gaining understanding, solving a problem, or making a decision
The process of generating new ideas, thinking outside the box and thinking different ways to solve problems.
Why is creative thinking important?
◦To generate new ideas
◦To help with problem solving
◦To make you a unique individual
breaking it into parts, examining and evaluating those parts, and making connections
What does it mean to be open minded?
◦It means willing to consider new ideas.
◦It also means willing to listen to different opinion.
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It means to gather information and break it into parts
What does it mean to be open minded?
◦It means willing to consider new ideas.
◦It also means willing to listen to different opinion.
◦It means to solve a problem.
Steps to Analytical Thinking Skills
◦Emotional Intelligence
◦- Taking action using what you know
◦Step 1: Gather information
◦Step 2: Break information into parts – main ideas and supporting evidence
◦Step 3: Examine and Evaluate those parts
◦Step 4: Make connections
Facts
◦Expresses what you think, feel or believe.
◦A statement of belief or judgement about something.
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◦A piece of information that can be proven true, regardless of how you feel about it.
◦Can be proven by research from books.
OPINION
◦A piece of information that can be proven true, regardless of how you feel about it.
◦Can be proven by research from books.
◦Expresses what you think, feel or believe.
◦A statement of belief or judgement about something.
CRITICAL/ANALYTICAL THINKING SKILLS
◦The process of gathering information, breaking it into parts, examining and evaluating those parts, and making connections for the purposes of gaining understanding, solving a problem, or making a decision
◦To help with problem solve
◦To make you a unique individual
•GENERATING NEW IDEAS
Which of these is a statement of opinion.
The Washington Nationals won the 2019 MLB World Series.
TikTok should be banned from the US.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots have both won six Super Bowls.
People under the age of 18 are not allowed to use Instagram.
Which of these is a statement of opinion?
Ishmael Beah was a boy soldier in Sierra Leone.
Ishmael Beah's best quality is resilience.
Ishmael Beah grew up in Nigeria, Africa.
Ishmael Beah thought rap music was good when he was a boy.
Is this a statement of fact?
There are 10 inches in a foot.
Yes
No
Is this is a statement of fact?
Statistically, women live longer than men.
Yes
No
Bias can lead to prejudiced behavior.
True
False
What is the meaning of Bias?
◦When you favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair."
When you hate something without thinking why
What is metacognition?
◦Thinking about what you think.
◦For example:
◦How do I feel about this?
◦What do I already know about this?
◦What do I expect to learn from this course?
◦ It is a higher order of thinking:
◦- Planning and prioritizing
◦- Selecting important information
◦- Evaluating potential consequences of future actions
Which component of the metacognition cycle is happening when a student creates an outline before writing an essay?
planning the approach
assessing the task
reflecting
evaluating strengths and weaknesses
Why is metacognition important for students? (check ALL that apply)
success in college
success in a career
to be life-long learners
finish university sooner
What is executive function?
◦Thinking about what you think.
◦For example:
◦How do I feel about this?
◦What do I already know about this?
◦What do I expect to learn from this course?
◦ It is a higher order of thinking:
◦- Planning and prioritizing
◦- Selecting important information
◦- Evaluating potential consequences of future actions
The frontal lobe, responsible for many of the executive functions, does not fully mature until the mid-twenties!
True
False
Where in the brain are executive functions?
Temporal Lobe
Amygdala
Medulla oblongata
Prefrontal cortex
Executive function skills are
Critical for academic success
Help us to manage our relationships well
Important for persisting at difficult tasks
All of the above
What is the meaning of practical thinking skills
◦How you adapt to your environment, or change your environment to adapt to you, to pursue important goals
◦A set of higher-order behaviors and cognitive processes involving planning, prioritizing tasks, selecting the most important information, and evaluating potential future consequences of decisions.
Practical thinking skills involve....
◦Emotional Intelligence
◦- Taking action using what you know
Multiple intelligence, personality spectrum
