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Do planner check then, consider this (no response this time):. Write down a school-related problem - a fear, a challenge, a sticky situation, or a roadblock . This could be a problem you have, but doesn’t have to be. You will be asked to write it on the board on your way to a break.

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  1. Do planner check then, consider this (no response this time): Write down a school-related problem - a fear, a challenge, a sticky situation, or a roadblock. This could be a problem you have, but doesn’t have to be. You will be asked to write it on the board on your way to a break. Once done: Study! Peer Planner Check!!!

  2. Peer Planner Check • Peer Planner Check • Turn it in! • Homework to be turned in this week: Portfolio 4, Questions to ask someone in your field Study for the quiz!

  3. Quiz! • Do quiz!

  4. Keys to Success, Sixth Edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Chapter 4Critical, Creative, and Practical Thinking:Solving Problems and Making Decisions

  5. What Does It Mean to Think With Successful Intelligence? • Successfully Intelligent Thinking Means Asking and Answering Questions • Successfully Intelligent Thinking Requires Purpose and Drive

  6. Successful Intelligence is the ability to acquire, develop, and apply analytical, creative, and practical skills to achieve personal goals.

  7. Successfully Intelligent People … • Have a can-do attitude. • Actively seek out role models. They also observe people who fail, note why they fail, and then make sure they do things differently. • Realize that the environment in which they find themselves may or may not enable them to make the most of their talents. • Seek to perform in ways that not only are competent but also distinguish them from ordinary performers.

  8. How Can You Improve Your Analytical Thinking Skills? • Gather Information • Analyze and Clarify Information • Evaluate Information

  9. Analyzing and Clarifying Information • Break information into parts • Separate the ideas • Compare and contrast • Examine cause and effect • Look for themes, patterns, and categories • Examine whether examples support ideas • Distinguish fact from opinion • Examine perspective and assumptions

  10. A Statement of Fact is information presented as objectively real and verifiable.   A Statement of Opinion is a belief, conclusion, or judgment that is inherently difficult, and sometimes impossible, to verify. Take a Look at Key 4.2 (pt 107) Obtain a partner, read and make sure you understand pg 107 Then, complete the handout “Wolves: Fact or Opinion”

  11. Wolves Fact or Opinion and Why • Wolves are sly, cunning and mean. • Opinion • This statement makes a generalization about all wolves. It can be proven that most wolves do not exhibit these traits. • Most wolves live in packs or families. • Fact • Animal-behavior experts have observed that this is true. • Some North American native people think that the wolf is brave, loyal and intelligent. • Fact • Ethnologists know that in the traditional mythology and spiritual beliefs of First Nation Peoples, the wolf is portrayed as having these traits. • Wolves are primarily carnivores. • Fact • The fact that wolves eat meat has been well documented.

  12. Wolves - Continued • A wolf will only eat meat from a freshly killed animal. • Opinion • This statement has been proven to be incorrect: ranchers often insert poison into carcasses and leave them for wolves. • Wolves have supernatural powers. • Opinion • This statement has been proven to be incorrect: ranchers often insert poison into carcasses and leave them for wolves. • Wolves are very clever. • Opinion • As a breed, the intelligence of wolves is well documented. However, some wolves may not be as clever as others. • Wolves are always hungry. • Opinion • Scientists have observed that wolves have to work very hard for their meals. On average, only one in ten chases is successful. However, this doesn't mean that wolves are always hungry.

  13. Wolves - Continued • Wolves will always normally humans into their pack. • Opinion • Although there are many legends about humans joining wolf packs, this has never been proven. Therefore, this statement is an opinion.  • Some Inuit people use wolves as work animals. • Fact • Anthropologists have observed that some Inuit people use wolves as work animals. • Wolves can dig with their paws. • Fact • Scientists and hunters have observed wolves digging out their dens. • Wolves will gang up on a member of their own pack. • Opinion • Some wolves have been observed ganging up on another member of the pack," or "Wolves will sometimes gang up on a member" would be more accurate ways of describing this observation. • Wolves have a nine-week gestation period. • Fact • The gestation period of wolves is a scientifically proven fact.

  14. Fact or Opinion: Advertising • Find an advertisement • Analyze an advertisement using the chart handout. • Read each statement on the handout. Choose phrases from the ad that meet EITHER the fact column, or the opinion column.

  15. How Can You Improve Your Creative Thinking Skills? • Brainstorming– “Divergent Thinking” • Take a New and Different Look • Set the Stage for Creativity • Take Risks

  16. What is Creativity? Some possible definitions include: • Combining existing elements in an innovative way to create a new purpose or result • The ability to generate new ideas from looking at how things are related • The ability to make unusual connections – to view information in quirky ways that bring about unique results

  17. Set the Stage for Creativity • Choose, or create, environments that free your mind. Find places that energize you. Play music that moves you. Seek out people who inspire you. • Be curious. Try something new and different. Seek out new experiences. • Give yourself time to “sit” with a question. Creative ideas often come when you give your brain permission to “leave the job” for a while. Take breaks when figuring out a problem – get some exercise, nap, talk with a friend, work on something else, do something fun.

  18. Try Shifting Your Perspective

  19. Activate your Creative Powers • Pg 115 • Answer questions!

  20. Emotional Intelligence requires Creative, Analytical and Practical thinking Emotional Intelligence– the ability to perceive, assess, and manage one’s own emotions and understand the emotions of others. Social Intelligence – the ability to understand social interactions and use that understanding to maximize relationships. Complete the “Emotional Intelligence” worksheet

  21. How Can You Improve Your Practical Thinking Skills? • WhyPractical Thinking Is Important • Through Experience You AcquireEmotional and Social Intelligence • Practical Thinking Means Action

  22. What is Practical Intelligence? A comprehensive definition will include: • Common sense • Street smarts • How you adapt to your environment, or shape or change your environment to adapt to you, in order to pursue important goals. • It’s not just what you know, but how you use what you know to achieve goals.

  23. Big-Picture Look Fill in the chart on pg 119 based on your scores from pgs 12, 18, 24

  24. How Can You Use Successful Intelligence to Solve Problems and Make Decisions? • Solving a Problem • Making a Decision • Keeping Your Balance Take a Look at Key 4.9 (pg 123)

  25. Problem Solving In a group of up to 4 people, complete the “Problem Solving Worksheet” using ONE of the problems listed on the board. • Step 1 – DEFINE the problem accurately • Step 2 – ANALYZE the problem • Step 3 – CREATE and generate possible solutions • Step 4 – ANALYZE and evaluate each solution and choose one • Step 5 – TAKE PRACTICAL ACTION and put the solution to work • Step 6 – ANALYZE and RE-EVALUATE how well the solution worked • Step 7 – TAKE PRACTICAL ACTION and apply what you have learned to future problems (you have to remember you have been through this before!)

  26. April Howenstein • April.Howenstein@Heald.edu • Program Director, General Education • Reach in, Reach out, Reach Ahead

  27. Homework • Portfolio 4 • Planner 4 • Please format each page with • Your name • My name • Date • Assignment Name (Portfolio 4)

  28. Keep Your Balance • Analyze your own abilities • Come up with creative ideas about how to maximize your strengths and build your weaknesses • Put those creative ideas to practical use!

  29. Thinking Successfully About Solving Problems and Making Decisions • Analytical Thinking – evaluate potential ideas and choices in the problem-solving and decision-making processes. • Creative Thinking – brainstorm creative acts as well as new ideas about how to deal with a problem. • Practical Thinking – explore effective ways to put solutions and choices to work.

  30. kunnskaping This Norwegian word is a creative word which translates loosely as “knowledging”, which can be read as developing knowledge and meaning that are of use in school and work. How would you apply this word to your life?

  31. “I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein, Mathematician and Scientist

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