Art of asking

sensible
questions
Sensible
questioning
requires
THINKING..
THINKING
TOOLS
Thinking Tool
These are instrument that helps us in
using our minds systematically and
effectively.
Use of thinking tools, arranges
intended ideas more systematically,
clearly, and make them easy to be
understood.
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1. QUESTIONING
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2. CONCEPTS
3. MIND MAPS
 1. QUESTIONING

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 1. QUESTIONING

“A person who asks questions

is a person who thinks.”
- William Wilen
 1. QUESTIONING
Five Ws and H
What? How?
Who?
Where?
When?
Why?
 Evaluation

Synthesis
Higher-Level
Thinking
Analysis

Application
Interpretation
Lower-level
Thinking
Knowledge
1.1 QUESTIONING
Facts (Knowledge)

Determine the basic

information of a situation
using 5 Ws and H
1.2 QUESTIONING
Interpretation (Understanding)

Select and organize facts

and ideas, discovering the
relationships between
them.
1.3 QUESTIONING
Application (Use)

Use knowledge or concepts

learnt in one situation and
apply them to other
situations.
1.4 QUESTIONING
Analysis (Use)

Separate the entire process

into parts and understand
the relation of these parts
to the whole.
Hmmm!

I think she
likes me
I think she
likes me
because I am…
1. Intelligent
2. Hardworking
3. Smart
1.5 QUESTIONING
Synthesis (Combine)

Combine ideas and come to

a conclusion.
1.6 QUESTIONING
Evaluate (Judge)

Make informed judgments

and decisions by
determining the reliability
of things.
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2. CONCEPTS
 Words are the
vocabulary of
A language

Concepts are the

2.CONCEPTS vocabulary of
thought.
2. CONCEPTS
General ideas that we use
to identify and organize our
experience.
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2. CONCEPTS
Structure of Concepts.

Sign Name of the concept

Examples of the
Reference
concept

Properties Qualities of the concept

2. CONCEPTS (Automobile)

Sign

Reference Properties
2. CONCEPTS
FORMING
APPLYING
DEFINING
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2. CONCEPTS
FORMING – an Iterative process comprising
Generalizing - Focusing on the common
properties shared by a group
A of things.

Interpreting - Finding examples of the

concept.
2. CONCEPTS
FORMING – an Iterative process comprising
Know the properties that form the boundaries
of the concept. A

Ensure that the experience meets the

properties or requirements.
2. CONCEPTS
APPLYING – determining exactly what the
requirements of the concept are…

When we are able to identify all of the

requirements of the concept, then these
requirements are both necessary and sufficient
for applying the concept.
2. CONCEPTS
How do you classify the concept of BEAUTY?
2. CONCEPTS
DEFINING – means…
Identifying the general qualities of the concept,
which determine when it can be correctly applied.

Using appropriate examples to demonstrate

actual applications of the concept. That is,
examples that embody the general qualities of
the concept.
2. CONCEPTS
How would you define the word car?
What are the properties of a car?
3. MIND MAPS
Defined as a visual presentation of the
ways in which concepts can be related to one
another.
3. MIND MAPS
It Helps You
Save time as it uses only keywords (or concepts).
Understand better
Increase your ability to remember by utilizing the seven
principles of Super Memory:
Visualization
Association
Making Things Outstanding
Imagination
Color
Rhythm
Holism
3. MIND MAPS
Mind maps are useful for:

Note taking (listening)

Oral presentation (speaking)
Writing
Now you know
art of asking
sensible
questions