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To enhance thinking skills, you must
1) Know how to read for understanding. Being able to read is one thing. Knowing how to take the written word and understand what the author is trying to convey is another.

2) Know how to listen. If you look around, you will see people answering questions way before the person asking it has finished. When a question is answered prior to the completion of the question shows all in the room he/she does not know how to listen or does not respect those in the room. Either way, it shows poor people skills and critical thinkers must know how to listen.

3) OPEN YOUR EYES. Be aware of things around you.
Take the time to see what is around you. Practice by noticing the things that change and the things that stay the same.

Take what is perceived as complicated and break it down into its components you may find there are several simple situations which appears to make one large problem. There may not even be a problem.

Basically, I am saying STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN. Then break things down to their components.
Do what you were told to do when you were a kid and wanted to get across the street. These three things are needed to think for understanding.

2007-01-09 18:33:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Take math classes (algebra) and a computer programming class.

Both teaches you to analyize things - at a detail level. In a programming class, very small things (often omitted by people who are telling you what to program) can make a BIG DIFFERENCE in what you have to do - in some cases, you have to redo the stuff you just completed.

I took both in high school and college. Then worked 3 years as a engineer designing bridges, and then 28 more years designing computer systems. When building the state's financial computer systems (payroll, real estate, leave management, etc) I had to tell the auditors exactly what the system would do (before I built it) - and after myteam build it and the auditors tested it - answer their questions on why it didn't work 100% as I described in the beginning.

I dislike games - like the Rubic Cube - that people say help you learn these skills. To me, the games produce nothing useful.

If you want to practice your skills think of how you get to a place. Write the directions down. You probably said something like drive on Interstate 450 for 5 miles, then take exit US 250 for 1 mile. But you left out a lot of details. To someone who had never done it, can they follow your directions and get the job done? I visualize me doing the event, and write down as many details as I can. Come back the next day, and review what you have written - you'll see places where you left things out - add them. Come back the next day, and re-read the list - again you'll see things that you left out. Don't forget - what is car? What does "driving" mean?

2007-01-09 18:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by John Hightower 5 · 0 0

Heard that observe the best helps.

Nobel Prize Laureates.

2007-01-09 18:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by Cappuccino 3 · 0 0

read alot of book, take time to observe and listen to other people especially those who are expert and know more about things

2007-01-09 18:41:09 · answer #4 · answered by nej24 3 · 0 0

Watch less TV, read more books, think more.

2007-01-09 18:22:51 · answer #5 · answered by Bill M 1 · 0 0

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