thinking skills

collocation in English

meaningsofthinkingandskill

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thinking
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈθɪŋ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈθɪŋ.kɪŋ/
Thinking people use their minds to consider ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk
/skɪl/us
/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition ofthinkingandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thisthinkingskillis used to map out what can go wrong in a process of change and help to anticipate any negative outcomes.
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In music, the development of critical thinking skills can demonstrably be achieved via question and answer sessions involving pupils and the teacher.
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Having experienced the creative process, the participants display a growing ability to engage in higher-order critical thinking skills in relation to electroacoustic music.
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This is why the rational thinking skills involved should in no way be characterized as simple or trivial (even though education in the skills can improve them).
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Some expressed the need to understand the true meaning of the poem, and it is at this stage that they feel it was beneficial to their thinking skills.
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Fisher (1995) argues that teachers ask too many closed-type questions which require lower-order thinking skills.
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As teachers can be highly influential in creating a classroom environment that promotes critical thinking, they need to be informed about the importance of developing their students' critical thinking skills.
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It had been superseded by the enhanced thinking skills course.
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Thirdly, an enhanced thinking skills course has been introduced, which benefits the prison environment.
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Most importantly, he has completed the enhanced thinking skills course, the assessment of which is expected soon.
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We develop children's thinking by making it more explicit; for example, by encouraging pupils to hypothesise, to experiment, to discuss and to reflect—all of which are key thinking skills.
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The ninth grade year is a unique pre-preparatory program that emphasizes teaching leadership and independent thinking skills.
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It aims to cater for individual differences, develop students' knowledge, generic skills (e.g. communication skills, collaborative skills, critical thinking skills) and attitudes.
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University is where students are developed with critical thinking skills, broad horizons, correct values, creative ideas on science and technology, as well as professional skills.
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The program is designed to build critical thinking skills with analogies as one of the main themes revolving around it.
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The program is designed to help strengthen the reading and critical thinking skills of children grades three to five.
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Special attention is devoted to strategies for incorporating historical thinking skills into classroom teaching.
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