Thinking Skills
Thinking Skills
Thinking Skills
Thinking skills are cognitive processes that enable us to make meaning from and create
with information. Basically thinking is a mental activity of the super organ called the
BRAIN. The beauty of this organ is that, even though brain conveys the pain and pleasure
to the entire part of the body, it does not have pain for itself. Thinking is formed deep
inside this organ and manifests into thoughts , ideas and consequently results in actions.
4. Out of the Box Thinking is that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a
variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with
creativity
In decision making, it is very essential that all the above types of thinking have to be put to
use, depending upon the situations. It is not necessary to use any particular type of
thinking while implementing your thoughts, since if you find that the critical thinking is
not working in a particular task, change enroute to creative thinking. So a best decision
maker should be shrewd enough to change course from one type of thinking to the other
very easily.
analytic generative
convergent divergent
probability possibility
objective subjective
answer an answer
verbal visual
linear associative
In an activity like problem solving – the primary reason for us to think - both kinds of
thinking are important to us. The steps involved are
STEPS TO BE CREATIVE.