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.