show evidence of your thinking skills in the Taking Action section of your report
select parts of your process journal that demonstrate your thinking skills, such as brainstorms, mind maps, evidence of critical thinking, to add as appendices to your report.
Refer to these appendices when you discuss your thinking skills.
Thinking skills
Critical
Creative
Transfer
Gather and organize relevant information to formulate an argument
The student clearly outlines how specific information (quoted/detailed) led them to make specific decisions that altered their thinking or goal
Interpret data
Evaluate evidence and arguments
Draw reasonable conclusions and generalizations
Revise understanding based on new information and evidence
Formulate factual, topical, conceptual and debatable questions
Propose and evaluate a variety of solutions
Identify obstacles and challenges
Use brainstorming and visual diagrams to generate new ideas and inquiries
Consider multiple alternatives, including those that might be unlikely or impossible
(Design improvements to existing machines, media and technologies)
(Create original works and ideas; use existing works and ideas in new ways)
Provide detailed examples of how transfer and application of information during the taking action stage to achieve your stated goal
Apply skills and knowledge in unfamiliar situations
Combine knowledge, understanding and skills to create products or solutions
Suggestion: print this document and paste into your process journal to provide a constant reminder of these skills. You need to provide evidence that you used these skills throughout the project.
Include the extracts, in your report, from your journal that provide evidence of these skills.
