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Thinking - Coggle Diagram
Thinking
Critical thinking
Thinking reflectively and productively and evaluating evidence
Mindfulness
Aware of more than one perspective
Creating new ideas and are open to new information
Asking students how or why
Encourage students to ask questions
Decision making
Thinking that involves evaluating alternatives and choosing among them
Most individuals make better decisions when they are calm; this is especially true for adolescents
Take into account social context
Dual process model
One proposal that to explain adolescent decision making
Decision making is influenced by two cognitive systems; these compete with each other
One analytical
One experimental
Manipulating and transforming information in memory
Can be concrete or abstract
Conceptualize, reason, critique, and so on
Executive function
Higher level of cognitive processes
Developmental advances
Predicts mathematical gains and associated with emergent literacy and vocabulary development
Reasoning
Logical thinking that uses induction or deduction
Inductive reasoning
Reasoning from specific to general
Example: asking students if a math concept can be applied to other subjects
Good predictor of academic achievement
Repeated observation; patterns can be detected
Deductive reasoning
Reasons from general to specific
Think about solving puzzles or riddles
Always certain in a sense if the initial rules or assumptions are true, then the conclusion will be correct
Creative thinking
Creativity
Ability to think about something in novel and unusual ways
While most creative students are quite intelligent, the reverse is not necessarily true
Creative process
5 steps
Preparation
Incubation
Insight
Evaluation
Elaboration