Thinking Skills (9694)

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Understanding and using information

  • Understand information in a variety of forms

  • Identify and select relevant information

  • Organise the calculation(s) needed to solve a problem

  • Apply a simple model

  • Make simple deductions

  • Identify necessary and sufficient conditions

Searching, scheduling and optimising

  • Search for solutions in simple situations

  • Search for solutions in more complicated situations

  • Identify cases that satisfy given criteria

  • Create schedules

  • Find optimal solutions

Analysing information and data

  • Identify logical relationships, patterns and features in data

  • Apply a complex model

  • Make complex deductions

  • Transform data

  • Explain trends in data

  • Adapt a method of solution in response to a change in the situation

  • Develop a model

Communicating reasoning in problem solving

  • Explain reasoning

  • Justify the solution to a problem with logical reasoning

  • State assumptions made within reasoning

  • Show and label working clearly

Evaluating evidence

  • Assess credibility of evidence

  • Assess the representativeness of a sample

  • Evaluate the presentation of data

  • Identify and compare perspectives presented in evidence

  • Assess explanations for evidence

  • Suggest explanations for evidence

Using evidence

  • Assess the significance of evidence

  • Assess inferences made from evidence

  • Suggest inference from evidence

  • Assess challenges to inferences made from evidence

  • Suggest challenge to inference from evidence

  • Develop, articulate and justify a judgment based on multiple sources

Analysing and evaluating reasoning

  • Recognise an argument

  • Identify key elements of an argument and explain their function

  • Identify unstated assumptions in an argument

  • Recognise and evaluate informal fallacies

  • Recognise and assess the impact of weaknesses in reasoning

  • Identify and evaluate rhetorical devices

Constructing arguments

  • Articulate a conclusion

  • Provide reasons in support of a conclusion

  • Develop strands of reasoning

  • Structure reasoning using intermediate conclusions

  • Strengthen reasoning by the use of appropriate elements

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