Arena: Applied Critical Thinking

Modes of Thinking

Lab Content

Introduction

Presentation

Activity 1

Activity 2

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Modes of Thinking Task Analysis

Step 1

Working in groups of 2-3, take a project from current or past and do a task analysis. Examine different components of the task or project and decide what mode or modes of thinking would be most appropriate to tackle that task component.

Step 2

Be conscious of what task requires what kind of thinking: think through the different modes, and how they can serve you in the completion of this project. .

Step 3

Do it again with a radically different task.

The words, Modes of Thinking, written in purple chalk with a bar diagram and words written underneath it in different-colored chalk.