Thinking Processes
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VELS Learning Domain: Thinking Processes
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Reasoning, processing and inquiry
The Reasoning, processing and inquiry dimension encompasses the KSBs required to enable students to
- inquire into the world around them,
- use critical thinking to analyse and evaluate information they encounter.
Students learn to
- assemble and question information and
- develop opinions based on informed judgments.
- develop the capacity to transform information into coherent knowledge structures.
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Creativity
The capacity to think creatively is a central component of being able to solve problems and be innovative.
In the Creativity dimension, students learn to
- seek innovative alternatives and
- use their imagination to generate possibilities.
- take risks with their thinking and
- make new connections.
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Reflection, evaluation and metacognition
Learning is enhanced when individuals develop the capacity to reflect on, and refine their existing ideas and beliefs.
In the Reflection, evaluation and metacognition dimension, students learn to
- reflect on what they know
- develop awareness that there is more to know
- question their perspectives and those of others.
They evaluate the validity of their own and others’ ideas.
They also develop their metacognitive skills in
- planning
- monitoring and
- evaluating
their own thinking processes and strategies.
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Software
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Links and Resources
- Metacognition: An Overview (http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/fas/shuell/CEP564/Metacog.htm) - Jennifer A. Livingston. 1997
- The Magic Hats - a bedtime story about using 6 thinking hats (http://www.edwdebono.com/cort/magichat.htm)
- http://www.training-classes.com/course_hierarchy/courses/8077_cort_cognitive_research_trust.php
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References
- Thinking Processes (http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/essential/interdisciplinary/thinking/index.html) | Discipline-based Learning (http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/essential/discipline/index.html) | P-10 Curriculum and Standards (http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/essential/index.html) | VELS HOME (http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/)
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