Demonstrate knowledge of different thinking processes

Based on NZQA 12384

People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe analytical and global thinking styles; describe thinking processes predominant in each thinking style; and describe the use of analytical and global thinking styles and their related strengths and weaknesses.

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This unit is used in the following courses

• Peer tutoring

Describe analytical and global thinking styles.

• Description identifies the key feature of analytical thinking style as the consideration, in isolation, of the separate parts of a whole.
• Description identifies the key feature of global thinking style as the consideration of the relationship between the parts which make up the whole.
• Description acknowledges that thinking is enriched by deliberately utilising aspects of both these styles.

Describe thinking processes predominant in each thinking style.

• Description identifies characteristics of thinking processes predominant in analytical thinking style.
• six characteristics which may include but are not limited to – field independence, logic, critical thinking, reasoning, sequencing, dividing into elemental parts, critique, deconstruction.
• Description identifies characteristics of thinking processes predominant in global thinking style.

Range: six characteristics which may include but are not limited to – field dependence, contextualising, intuition, generalising, brainstorming, creating metaphors, estimating, visualising.

• Description acknowledges that individual thinking processes are rarely used in isolation from each other.

Describe the use of analytical and global thinking styles and their related strengths and weaknesses.

• Description identifies instances where each thinking style is, or could be, used.

Range: three instances each for each thinking style, instances may or may not involve the use of one thinking style in isolation from the other.

• Description illustrates strengths and weaknesses of each thinking style in terms of their application.

Range: three applications each for – analytical, global.

special notes:

• Definition:analytical and global thinking styles – terms used to describe two different clusters, within each of which are related thinking processes. Users of this unit standard may prefer to use different terms to describe these two styles.