Critical Thinking Skills

What is one skill that forms the basis of critical thinking?

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Analytical Thinking Strategies include:

• Be clear on why you need the information

• Collect data from a variety of sources

• Rephrase questions

• Break down the details into factual subsets

Answer explanation

All of these are strategies used in Analytical Thinking

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

This image is an example of which analytical thinking tool?

• Mind-Mapping

• Brainstorming

• Problem Visualisation

• Puzzle solving

Which one does NOT describe "Active Listening"?

• Listen for feelings

• Read body language

• Criticising someone constructively

• Clarify: paraphrase and summarise

This image can be used in a lateral thinking activity known as...

• Pick a transitional object

• Jump to the wrong answer

• Tell a different story

• Puzzles galore

Which one is NOT a strategy to demonstrate open-mindedness...

• Be brutally honest about your strengths and weaknesses

• Acknowledge there may be more than one solution to addressing an issue

• Check your cognitive biases and cultural assumptions

• Agree with every suggestion a colleague offers towards a solution

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is NOT a key tool used in Problem Solving - fundamental to even begin the process?

• Questioning

• The 5-Whys

• De Bono's six Thinking Hats

• Playing card games

The advantage of Edward De Bono's "Six Thinking Hats" is...

• ... it covers all the perspectives our brain engages in decision making

• ... colourful and therefore stimulating for the brain

• ... is more interesting than playing Sudoku or training ourselves with puzzles

• ... allows us to say what we want without being interrupted.

Name the Cognitive Bias: The tendency to overestimate the likelihood of events due to how recent the memories are or how unusual or emotionally charged they may be.

• Bandwagon Effect

• Confirmation Bias

• Anchoring Effect

• Availability Heuristic

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Name one (1) boundary to generating solutions in the workplace.