MYP Personal Project: Thinking skills

Critical

Creative

Transfer

• Gather and organize relevant information to formulate an argument

• The student clearly outlines how specific information (quoted/detailed) led them to make specific decisions that altered their thinking or goal

• Interpret data

• Evaluate evidence and arguments

• Draw reasonable conclusions and generalizations

• Revise understanding based on new information and evidence

• Formulate factual, topical, conceptual and debatable questions

• Propose and evaluate a variety of solutions

• Identify obstacles and challenges

• Use brainstorming and visual diagrams to generate new ideas and inquiries

• Consider multiple alternatives, including those that might be unlikely or impossible

• (Design improvements to existing machines, media and technologies)

• (Create original works and ideas; use existing works and ideas in new ways)

• Provide detailed examples of how transfer and application of information during the taking action stage to achieve your stated goal

• Apply skills and knowledge in unfamiliar situations

• Combine knowledge, understanding and skills to create products or solutions