Thinking Skills

Skills Manipulative Skills

the ability to do something well;

expertise.
Divergent thinking is the process of creating
multiple, unique ideas or solutions related to a
problem that you are trying to solve.
 rigid thinking

Argument - a reason or set of

reasons given with the aim of
persuading others that an action or
Verb – past
idea is right or wrong.
tense “-ed”

Argument - an exchange of
diverging or opposite views,
typically a heated or angry one.
 “If everyone is
thinking alike,
then somebody
isn't thinking.” --
George S. Patton
Complex Straightforward and
simple
Making a Cake

1. Gather your ingredients.

3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup buttermilk or sour cream
2. Mix the wet ingredients in a large
bowl.
3. ...and so on.

Calling a Friend using Telephone

Ways to Use Heuristics in
Everyday Life
Here are some examples of real-life heuristics that
people use as a way to solve a problem or to learn
something:
 "Consistency heuristic" is a heuristic where a
person responds to a situation in way that allows
them to remain consistent.
 "Educated guess" is a heuristic that allows a
person to reach a conclusion without exhaustive
research. With an educated guess a person
considers what they have observed in the past, and
applies that history to a situation where a more
definite answer has not yet been decided.
 "Absurdity heuristic" is an approach to a situation that is
very atypical and unlikely – in other words, a situation that
is absurd. This particular heuristic is applied when a claim
or a belief seems silly, or seems to defy common sense.
 "Common sense" is a heuristic that is applied to a
problem based on an individual’s observation of a situation.
It is a practical and prudent approach that is applied to a
decision where the right and wrong answers seems
relatively clear cut.
 "Contagion heuristic" causes an individual to avoid
something that is thought to be bad or contaminated. For
example, when eggs are recalled due to a salmonella
outbreak, someone might apply this simple solution and
decide to avoid eggs altogether to prevent sickness.
 "Availability heuristic" allows a person to judge a situation
on the basis of the examples of similar situations that come
to mind, allowing a person to extrapolate to the situation in
which they find themselves.
 "Working backward" allows a person to solve a problem
by assuming that they have already solved it, and working
backward in their minds to see how such a solution might
have been reached.
 "Familiarity heuristic" allows someone to approach an
issue or problem based on the fact that the situation is one
with which the individual is familiar, and so one should act
the same way they acted in the same situation before.
 "Scarcity heuristic" is used when a particular object becomes
rare or scarce. This approach suggests that if something is
scarce, then it is more desirable to obtain.
 "Rule of thumb" applies a broad approach to problem solving. It
is a simple heuristic that allows an individual to make an
approximation without having to do exhaustive research.
 "Affect heuristic" is when you make a snap judgment based on
a quick impression. This heuristic views a situation quickly and
decides without further research whether a thing is good or bad.
Naturally, this heuristic can be both helpful and hurtful when
applied in the wrong situation.
 "Authority heuristic" occurs when someone believes the
opinion of a person of authority on a subject just because the
individual is an authority figure. People apply this heuristic all the
time in matters such as science, politics, and education.
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In grammar parallelism is a balance within one
or more sentences of similar phrases
or clauses that have the same grammatical
structure. The application of parallelism
improves writing style and readability, and is
thought to make sentences easier to process.

Ex:
1. She likes cooking, jogging, and to read.
2. He likes to swim and running.

She likes cooking, jogging, and reading.

She likes to cook, jog, and read.

He likes to swim and to run.

He likes swimming and running.
Verbal Reasoning Skills is the ability to
reasonably answer a question expressed through
words. *Ask the learner to:
1. Answer who, what, and why questions,
explaining not only the main idea, but the
characters, their actions, and their reactions in the
story.
2. Acknowledge cause and effect and be able to
gather information as they read through the story to
come to a conclusion.
Example - A student reads a story about a fire that was set because
there were oily rags in the attic. They would have to explain the fire
was the effect of the cause, which was the oily rags.
3. Compare and contrast between objects or characters in a
story.

Example - A student is asked to tell what makes two characters

in a story the same and what makes them different from each
other. The student could also describe two different places in a
story the same way.
 5. Retell or come up with the gist.
4. Find synonyms (words that mean the same
Ask open-ended or HOTS
thing)questions.
or antonyms (words
Explain how, what if,meaning
if the opposite)
for contextyouclues.
were the....etc..

C. purify

B. pessimistic
Critical Thinking –
It involves
evaluating
information or
arguments in terms
of their accuracy
(Beyer. 1985). It
takes variety of
form, one is
argument
analysis.
Argument - a
reason or set of
reasons given with
the aim of
persuading others
that an action or idea
is right or wrong.
Critical Thinking –
It involves
evaluating
information or
arguments in terms
of their accuracy
(Beyer. 1985). It
takes variety of
form, one is
argument
analysis.
Argument - a
reason or set of
reasons given with
the aim of
persuading others
that an action or idea
is right or wrong.
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“

“
“”

Research is done
in conducting
inquiry for the
purpose of
confirming or
validating one or
more hypotheses.
“Awareness is
the greatest
agent for
change.“ -
Eckhart Tolle
The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not
afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it, and turn it
inside out. - A
Breakthrough idea.
 When dealing with customers,
being able to see a situation from
a customer’s point of view.
Why is this skill important:
The ability to see situations and generate solutions from
multiple perspectives can provide surprising insight and new
connections.
Elaborating: adding details,
explanations, examples, or other
relevant information from prior
knowledge.
 RELATED LITERATURE /
RELATED STUDIES

 A skill is the ability to carry out a task with pre-

determined results often within a given amount of
time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided
into domain general and domain-specific skills. –
Wikipedia
 Skills is all about developing practical and social
skills and personal interests. By choosing to develop
a particular skill you are not only developing a new
talent, but you will also boost your self esteem,
develop practical and social skills and learn how to set
and rise to a challenge. If this isn't enough, it should
also be good fun too!
 From podcasting to playing a musical instrument, fine
art to website design, there's an endless list of the
types of skills you can do! - dofe.info Duke of
Edinburg
Skills - Developed capacities that facilitate learning or the
more rapid acquisition of knowledge. www.onetonline.org
Skills are the expertise or talent to do a job or task.
Job skills allow you to do a particular job and
life skills are what are needed for everyday life.
yourdictionary.com
Skills - We work with industries to ensure that
qualifications provide them, and employers, with the right
skills.
 https://skills.org.nz/
 Labor Skills - Skilled workers have long had historical
import as electricians, masons, carpenters, blacksmiths,
bakers, brewers, coopers, printers and other occupations
that are economically productive. Skilled workers were
often politically active through their craft guilds. -Division
of Labor

 Life Skills - An ability and capacity acquired through

deliberate, systematic, and sustained effort to smoothly
and adaptively carryout complex activities or job
functions involving ideas (cognitive skills), things
(technical skills), and/or people (interpersonal skills).
 People Skills - According to the Portland Business Journal,
people skills are described as:
 understanding ourselves and moderating our responses
 talking effectively and empathizing accurately
 building relationships of trust, respect and productive
interactions.
A British definition is “the ability to communicate effectively with
people in a friendly way, especially in business.”
 The term people skills are used to include both psychological
skills and social skills, but is less inclusive than life skills.
 Social skills are is any skill facilitating interaction and
communication with others. Social rules and relations are
created, communicated, and changed in verbal and nonverbal
ways. The process of learning such skills is called
socialization.
 Soft skills are a combination of interpersonal people skills,
social skills, communication skills, character traits, attitudes,
career attributes and emotional intelligence quotient (EQ)
among others.
 Hard skills are any skills relating to a specific task or
situation. These skills are easily quantifiable unlike soft skills
which are related to one's personality.
 Communication Skills (from Latin commūnicāre, meaning "to
share") is the act of conveying intended meanings from one entity or
group to another through the use of mutually understood signs and
semiotic rules.
 Deskilling is the process by which skilled labor within an
industry or economy is eliminated by the introduction of
technologies operated by semiskilled or unskilled workers.
This results in cost savings due to lower investment in human
capital, and reduces barriers to entry, weakening the
bargaining power of the human capital.
 Deskilling can also refer to individual workers specifically. The
term refers to a person becoming less proficient over time.
Examples of how this can occur include changes in one's job
definition, moving to a completely different field, chronic
underemployment (e.g. working as cashier instead of
accountant), and being out of the workforce for extended
periods of time (e.g. quitting a position in order to focus
exclusively on child-rearing).
 It is criticized for decreasing quality, demeaning labor
(rendering work mechanical, rather than thoughtful and
making workers automatons rather than artisans), and
undermining community.

 Another example is Customer Service or Call Center Agents

is now being replaced by AI answering machines.
 RELATE IT TO THE ACTUAL
SITUATION HAPPENING
 TESDA – National Certificate (NC) and Trainer’s Methodology
(TM) – where you will demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and
ability on the following competencies:
 plan training sessions, *promote self-learning and help
 facilitate learning sessions, * students develop critical thinking
skills and retain knowledge that
 supervise work-based learning, leads to self-actualization.
 conduct competency assessment,
 maintain training facilities,
 and utilize electronic media in facilitating training.
 Countries sending skilled working abroad -
 E7 VISA IN KOREA – This is a visa given to a foreign
skilled workforce. Score consists of major items such
as industrial skill, education, age, Korean ability and
other items such as domestic assets, domestic work
experience in relevant field, education related
occupation, and training experience.
 Pre-Departure Registration and Orientation Seminars (PDSO)
– conducted by Philippine Overseas, Employment Association
(POEA)
 Ex. going to japan – a panel of judges will not just give
orientation and seminars but scrutinize candidate for
authenticity depending on their talent or skills. e,g. singer,
dancer, performing artist, etc
 Learners activities inside the classroom also, such as
demonstration of skills - slogan, drawing, singing, creating
jingles, role-playing, demonstration, etc.
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