TS+-+Thinking

= Thinking Skills =

**Acquisition of knowledge:** I can find out facts and learn about new ideas. I understand and use new vocabulary. I can remember what I have learnt.

**Comprehension:** I understand what I have learnt. I understand information I find from different sources and can explain it to others.

**Application:** I can use my skills and knowledge in different situations. I can use my skills and knowledge when I find myself in a new situation or to solve a problem. I can use my skills and knowledge in practical ways.

**Analysis:** I can break ideas and knowledge into smaller parts. I can look for patterns and find similarities and differences. I can identify unique features.

**Synthesis:** I can take information from different places and put it together. I can combine ideas and knowledge to answer questions.

**Evaluation:** I can use criteria to make decisions about work, behaviour, attitudes, knowledge or action.

**Dialectical thought:** I can think about different points of view at the same time. I can understand the different points of view. I can make arguments for the different perspectives based on my knowledge about each point of view. I know that people can have their own perspectives.

**Metacognition:** I can think about how I learn things and what I have learnt. I know the process I go through to learn something. I know that other people might learn in a different way to me. I think about this when I work with other people.