Thinking CC

You will be engaging in self-assessment of the Core Competencies throughout the school year. To assist in your self-assessment posts, Ms. Hothi and some of the Tech Leadership students have put together guiding links and visual and video instructions on Core Competency Self-Assessment below.

Thinking Competency

Tag: #ThinkingCC

Sub-Competencies of Thinking: Critical and Reflective Thinking & Creative thinking

Below are the Thinking prompts to guide your self-assessment.

Critical and Reflective Thinking

I can statements:

  • I can analyze evidence to make judgements.
  • I can reflect on my thinking.
  • I can analyze my own beliefs and consider views that do not fit with them.
  • I can ask open-ended questions to gather information.
  • I consider more than one way to proceed in an investigation.
  • I can tell the difference between facts and opinions.
  • I can give, receive and act on feedback to progress in my goals.

Prompts:

  • Topics or concepts for which I can offer detailed feedback or analysis include…
  • I use evidence to make judgements or decisions as demonstrated in this…
  • I seek, develop and weigh options as demonstrated by…
  • I used to think…and now I know…because I … (explored…, gathered other perspectives, learned about…)
  • I can describe how … (this thing I learned at school) relates to this experience I had where…
  • I can contribute to and work with criteria to improve my own work; evidence of that is…
  • Others find my feedback useful because I…
  • I remain open minded as I explore viable options or alternative approaches, like when I…
  • I compile and synthesize information to draw reasoned conclusions, such as when…
  • When I place my work / thinking in a broader context, I can describe implications and/or next steps. For example…

Creative Thinking

I can statements:

  • I can form new ideas to create new things. I can also build on the ideas of others.
  • I can get ideas when I use my five senses to explore or when I pursue my interests.
  • I can deliberately learn about things that interest me, and new ideas pop into my head.
  • I can develop a body of creative work over time.
  • I can persevere over time to develop my ideas, and I expect setbacks and failure, but use that to develop my ideas.

Prompts:

  • One strategy or activity that stimulates my imagination is…
  • An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is…
  • An example of something I have spent a lot of time learning about is…
  • Some skills I have developed to make my creative activities better are…
  • When it seems the good ideas just won’t come to me, I …. to help calm myself or create space in my mind to…
  • An example of where I took a significant risk in my thinking or the expected process was when…
  • When faced with ambiguity or setbacks, I… to advance the development of my ideas.
  • An example of an idea I developed that was new to my peers is…
  • This______ is innovative and useful to my community because…
  • An area of study in which I feel confident to regularly challenge assumptions and develop new ideas is in…
  • I am so curious about … that I am excited to learn more about how I could… to make it even better.

Step-by-Step Visual Instructions for posting self-assessments on Edublog:

Video Instructions for posting self-assessments on Edublog: