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What is think and thinking?

Think   cognitive

behaviour

Involves control. Mind’s movement become

thinking when we direct them.

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Conclusion: Thinking is any mental activitythat helps formulate or solve a problem,make a decision, or fulfill a desire to

understand. It is a searching for answers, areaching for meaning (Ruggreio, 2012).

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Thinking skills definitions

Costa (1985) in Philips 1999, gives meaning to

thinking skill as a process by the mind as the

result of receiving stimulus of the five senses.

The meaning of stimulus then were seen in

action.

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Sigel (1984) says thinking skill is a

reflex action, conceptual and

resolving activities.

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Thinking skill by Dewey (1933) in Philips

(1999) is an effort of the mind to examine

and weight certain information according

to specific criteria.

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Butterworth & Thwaites (2005),

thinking skill is a critical thinking andcan be argumentative.

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So, what is thinking skills?

Conclusion: Cognitive processes in search of

meaning and understanding of something,

exploration on any possible ideas, decisionmaking, problem solving and doing what is

right, thus in concerns on the reflections of

what has been-values on the thinking

 processes that has been made.

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Why is thinking skills is so important?

Cognitive stimulations as to find problem

solving methods in various ways and

techniques in order to solve various kindsof life problems.

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To produce a self learning, selfindependence and informative

individual.

Have the view on becoming holisticindividual.

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 Able to use and outsource various resourcesin a creative and specific way/s in search of

an answer of/or problem solver to a certain problem.

 Able to create and build positive socialbonding.

 Able to avoid conflict.

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 Able to better communication (good

communication skills).

 Able to understand various socio-cultures, norms

and the belief of other races, ethnics without any prejudice on skin colours and religions.

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Obstacles in developing thinking skills

‘ Gunung Kinabalu’ affect -Knowledge only on what

has been taught. Not showing neither abilities

nor skills in search of any new knowledge andadditional skills within subject matters. 

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‘ Spoon feed’ teaching-Everything was

 prepared for. Not willingly to be self

independence learning. Hoping everything

to be provided by the instructor.

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Thinking trap- Ego-one way of thinking (area of interest),

not explorative enough, not willing to listen to others,

selfishness and bias.

• No Creative Thinking!

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Type of Thinking Skills

Use of thinking skills in order to solve problem.

Positive

Analytical problem/cases Analyze Find solution and solve problem

(Reactive based) (Information + techniques) Negative

Creative

“Think out of

Box” 

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Type/Styles of thinking

•  Logical thinking

• Critical thinking

• Creative thinking

•  Analytical thinking•  Reactive thinking

•  Historical thinking

•

Technical thinking  

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•  Hypothetical thinking

•  Projective thinking

•  Proactive thinking

• Constructive thinking

•  Intuitive thinking

• Objective thinking

• Vertical thinking

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• Convergent and Divergent thinking

• Systematic thinking  •  Pragmatic thinking

•  Positive thinking

•  Negative thinking

• Value thinking

•  Emotive thinking

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