THE 8 THINKING PROCESSES

The eight Thinking Processes are structured through

Thinking Maps – a visual thinking tool that makes it
®

easy for students to understand concepts, analyse

problems and find solutions.

1 DEFINING IN 2 DESCRIBING 3 COMPARING & 4 CLASSIFYING

CONTEXT QUALITIES CONTRASTING

Red Uni-
sexual FOOD
Flies in Modes of Runs
the air Transport on rails

VEGETABLES MEAT FRUITS

Smelly Parasitic
Solar Size
cannot
For
people
Able to
add
System change & goods carriages
Rafflesia

Runs Driven by Various

only on
Huge Leathery kerosene engines fuels
used

Circle Map Bubble Map Double Tree Map

Bubble Map

5 PART-WHOLE 6 SEQUENCING 7 CAUSE AND 8 SEEING

RELATIONSHIPS EFFECT ANALOGIES

TOO MANY BAD BREATH

SWEETS
ASIA ARGENTINA

BOLIVIA WASH UP BREAKFAST GET DRESSED LEAVE HOUSE

AFRICA
BRAZIL

NORTH AMERICA CHILE

COLUMBIA
SOUTH AMERICA NOT TOOTHACHE IS THE YOUNG OF CALF JOEY TADPOLE
ECUADOR BRUSHING
AS AS
EUROPE
GUYANA TOOTH RELATING FACTOR COW KANGAROO FROG
PARAGUAY DECAY
AUSTRALASIA PERU

SURINAME
ANTARTICA URUGUAY
SMOKING VISIT THE
VENEZUELA DENTIST

UNIFORM SOCKS & SHOES

Brace Map Flow Map Multi-flow Map Bridge Map

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