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Pivotal-thinking skill set: comparison, classification, arrangement, prediction, and summarizing

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Description

The article organizes pivotal (core) thinking skills as basic skills necessary for any logical thinking process, drawn from the American Association for Curriculum Development and Education's list of teachable skills. The study selected five: "comparis on, classification, arrangement, one of the organization skills and skill to predict which of t he productive skills, and the skill of the summary is one of integration and integration skills". These were chosen for their importance in learning more complex, higher-order thinking skills such as critical and creative thinking, and each is taught as a distinct strategy within the six-hats program.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Skills must be organized and presented to students in a meaningful way for learning to occur

Constraints

  • The study addresses only these five skills, selected from the broader taxonomy of thinking skills

Target Learners

  • undergraduate students

Learning Goals

  • organizing information, developing knowledge, reaching new conclusions and expectations

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • DR.PH omar salem alkhateeb. (2015). The Effect of the Six Hats Based on Program in the Development of the Pivotal Thinking of Islamic Concepts Students in Hussein University. Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.6, No.2. https://www.iiste.org
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title Pivotal-thinking skill set: comparison, classification, arrangement, prediction, and summarizing
description The article organizes pivotal (core) thinking skills as basic skills necessary for any logical thinking process, drawn from the American Association for Curriculum Development and Education's list of teachable skills.
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