The document discusses different types of thinking including metacognition, analytical thinking, logical thinking, and creativity. Metacognition involves planning, monitoring, and evaluating one's thinking. Analytical thinking involves separating ideas into elements to understand relationships. Logical thinking reasons through causes and consequences in a sequential manner. Creativity discovers new ideas through techniques like mind mapping, provocation, and random inputs. The document provides examples and tips to develop these thinking skills.

1. Thinking Key Competency

2. Different Styles of Thinking Metacognition Analytical Thinking Logical Creativity

5. Metacognition “Thinking about thinking”

6. Metacognition Consists of 3 Elements Developing a plan of action Maintaining/monitoring the plan Evaluating the plan

8. In what direction do I want my thinking to take me?

9. What should I do first?

10. Why am I reading this selection?

12. Am I on the right track?

13. How should I proceed?

14. What information is important to remember?

15. Should I move in a different direction?

16. Should I adjust the pace depending on the difficulty?

18. Did my particular course of thinking produce more or less than I had expected?

19. What could I have done differently?

20. How might I apply this line of thinking to other problems?

22. Things that can help with metacognition...

23. Video Games

24. Learning an instrument.

25. Reading a book

26. Writing a diary

28. Analytical Thinking is separating and distinguishing elements of an idea or problem in order to understand its nature and relationships.

29. Student becomes their own teacher. Uses guesses and evidence to find answers.

30. Analytical Thinking follows the scientific approach to problem solving

31. An Example

32. Observation (3+5)2-6*8 = 8

33. Ask a question (3+5)2-6*8 = 8 How do I get the answer (8) using the symbols.

34. Hypothesis (3+5)7-6*8 = 8 I will just answer each bit in order.

35. Experiment (3+5)7-6*8 = 8 8*1*8 = 64

36. Hypothesis (3+5)7-6*8 = 8 I will do the brackets first then multiplication.

37. Experiment (3+5)7-6*8 = 8 8*7-48 = 56-48 = 8 Correct!

38. Rule When working out a problem like this, it is important to do the brackets first, then multiplication, then subtraction.

39. Now try it again on a new problem to see if it works.

40. The student should be allowed to make mistakes. Analytical Thinking & Problem solving is a skill that takes time.

41. Analytical Thinking Key words : logical, factual, critical, technical and quantitative. Preferred activities : collecting data, analysis, understanding how things work, judging ideas based on facts, criteria and logical reasoning.

42. Things that can help with analytical thinking...

43. Card Games Especially ‘Bridge’

44. Playing Sport

46. Logical Thinking

47. Logical Thinking is thinking in terms of causes and consequences. It is sequential thinking.

48. Predicting the future: If this happens, then what will happen next.

49. It’s about seeing patterns and making guesses.

50. Examples 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, _______ 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, _______ 200, 196, 180, 116, _______ 8, 27, 64, _______, 216, 343 2, 6, 14, _______, 62, 126

51. Examples 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21 200, 196, 180, 116, -140 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343 2, 6, 14, 30, 62, 126

52. Logical Thinking Key words : structured, organized, complexity or detailed, planned. Preferred activities : following directions, detail oriented work, step-by-step problem solving, organization and implementation.

53. Things that can help with logical thinking...

54. Sudoku

55. Chess

57. Creativity Creativity is a mental and social process involving the discovery of new ideas or concepts, or new associations between existing ideas or concepts.

58. Mind Mapping

59. Provocation We begin by making deliberately stupid statements, in which something we take for granted about the situation is not true. Statements need to be outrageous to shock our minds out of existing ways of thinking.

60. Provocation If bikes did have square wheels, what would be some consequences and what would you have to do to solve those issues.

61. Random Input Select a random noun from either a dictionary or a pre-prepared word list. Use this noun as the starting point for brainstorming your problem. If you choose a good word, you will add a range of new ideas and concepts to your brainstorming. While some will be useless. If you persist, then at least one of these is likely to be a startling creative leap.

62. Example School wants to attract new students. Random Input: Picture

64. Have a friendly website and promote people to go and see it.

65. Have pictures of current students in the newspaper talking about the school.

66. Send out brochures to schools to attract students.

67. Have a Youtube channel and have students talk about the school.

68. Get current students who know year 8s and text them pictures of the school and text about the school.

69. For more ideas on creative thinking, please go to Techniques for Creative Thinking

70. Creativity Key words : holistic, intuitive, innovative, and conceptual. Preferred activities : Looking at the big picture, taking initiative, challenging assumptions, visuals, metaphoric thinking, creative problem solving, long term thinking.

71. Things that can help with creativity...

72. Create Art

73. Write a story

74. Humour

75. It’s time to use our whole brain.