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Thinking Skill Definition Synonym Sub-skillsFlexible Thinking Flexible thinking is the ability to

adjust to changes in routine,

expectation, and thought.Flexible thinking necessitatesshifts in thinking from one topicto another and being able to see atopic or the content from a newperspective.

Adapting Adapting means to adjust tonew or changing

circumstances, to modify inorder to fit new conditions, toalter by using skill andjudgment, and to shift to fitemerging scenarios.

Strategic Thinking Strategic thinking involves theformation of strategies, theplanning & execution of tactics,monitoring of changes, and thesetting & attainment of goals.

Strategic thinking often haselements of intent, vision, andconsideration of alternatives.

lanning lanning means to useforecasting, forethought,prediction, and skill to executeand implementa strategy.

Analytical Thinking Analytical thinking is theprocess of examining andevaluating evidence or data,seeking the importance ofinformation or self, and asking!why"# Analytical thinkingoften incorporates theinvestigation of clues in order tomake a decision.

$xamining $xamining means toinvestigate available andhidden data, to interpret themeaning%s of uncovered cluesor information, to uestion theimportance of connections, andto inuireas to the relationship

between separate andoverlapping parts.

!reative Thinking 'reative thinking is the process ofconsidering multiple possibilities.'reative thinking leads to newinsights, innovations, approaches,and perspectives. (rainstormingandintellectual play are methods ofcreative thinking.

)nnovating )nnovating means to imagineand create new and unusualideas, methods, and devices. )tmeans to use brainstormingand playin order to inventandconstruct originalworks.

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Thinking Skill Definition Synonym Sub-skills"ogical Thinking 1ogical thinking is the

intellectual system of reasoning,

use of logic, and problemsolving. 1ogical thinkingre2uires an examination of thenature of fallacies, the principlesof good reasoning, and theanalysis of complex arguments.

roblem solving roblem solving means to usereasoning and logic to deduce

and conclude.

Analogical Thinking Analogical thinking is the use ofthe known to understand anddefine the unknown. )t involvesthe transfer of an idea from onecontext to a new one and the

joining of two apparentlyunrelated elements. 3etaphorand simile are two elements ofanalogy.

'omparing 'omparing means to definetwo or more things bygrouping their similarities andcontrasting their differences.his process is oftentransferred into other forms,such as metaphorand simile.

!ritical Thinking 'ritical thinking is the evaluativeprocess of judging, reasoning,reflecting, deciding, andanaly4ing. 'ritical thinkinginvolves making informeddecisions and interpretations.'haracteristics of criticalthinkers are those of in2uisitiveness, confidence,judiciousness, self5regulation,reasoned thinking, open5mindedness, truth5seeking, andthe willingness to take positiverisks.

$valuating $valuating means to judge thevalue or importance of something by reflecting uponits 2ualities, interpreting itsmeaning, analy#ing itspossibilities, explaining the

outcome, and determining thedecision.

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