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Thinking Phases
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Mathematics
Mathematical Problem-Solving
with the Thinking Phases
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Science
Scientific Process Skills with
the Thinking Phases
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Understanding
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- Formulate questions
- Make assumptions
- Identify relationships
- Clarify vocabulary
- Bridge to real-life connections
- Build/transfer from prior knowledge
- Identify implicit information (inferring)
- Identify explicit information
- Comparing and contrasting
- Check for group understanding
- Restating problem and question
- Predict
- Build consensus
- Analyze data
- Observe
- Collect data
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- Determine a researchable question
- Create a problem
- Hypothesize
- Bridge to real-life connections
- Check for group understanding
- Build/transfer from prior knowledge
- Identify implicit information (inferring)
- Identify explicit information
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Planning
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- Represent
- Order
- Establish criteria
- Decide on materials and their use
- Identify strategy attributes and components
- Create a logical sequence
- Brainstorm
- Select strategy
- Task out jobs
- Set goals
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- Develop a procedure
- Decide on materials and their use
- Create a logical sequence
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Carrying-Out
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- Classify
- Activate a plan
- Adhere to roles
- Practice and demonstrate social skills
- Compute using technology when possible
- Communicate
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- Conduct the experiment
- Record the results on a chart, graph, table
- Use technology when appropriate
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Reflecting Back
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- Recall
- Encode
- Check on appropriateness of plan and strategy
- Check that assumptions were followed through
- Check on accuracy of solution
- Evaluate use of social skill
- Speculate on transferability
- Summarize
- Restructure
- Verify
- Elaborate
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- Draw conclusions
- Compare to hypothesis
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