Types of Thinking

Goal-directed behavior

Improves with adolescence

Self-control

Attention

Inhibition

Working Memory

Improves with adolescence

Flexibility

In the classroom

Time-management

Minimize distractions

Self-regulation

Convergent vs. Divergent

Schools favor convergent, but creative thinkers are divergent

Five Step Process (not always linear)

Preparation

Incubation

Insight

Evaluation

Elaboration

In the classroom

Think flexibly

Take risks

Community role models

State of FLOW

Build confidence

Honor diversity

Biases

Confirmation

eg, web searches

Belief perseverance

Rigid thinking

Overconfidence

Very common in children

Hindsight

20/20

Adolescents

Emotion

Lack of inhibition

Peer influence

Immediate gratification

Analytical vs. Experiential

Usually a mix of both

Mindfullness

Open mind

Process > Outcome

Ask good questions

Alert and flexible

In the classroom

Ask "how" and "why"

Multiple "right" answers

Evaluate evidence

Explore all angles

Large and small discussion

Tech Tools

Digital collaboration

Semantic organization

Dynamic modeling

Info interpretation

Logical

Deductive: general to specific

Inductive: specific to general