Facilitating the Understanding of DEPTH and COMPLEXITY
Facilitating the Understanding of DEPTH and COMPLEXITY
Facilitating the Understanding of DEPTH and COMPLEXITY
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ICONS PROMPT KEY QUESTIONS THINKING SKILLS RESOURCESWhat ongoing factors have influenced thisstudy?TRENDSUNANSWEREDQUESTIONSRULESSource: 10/29/97 by Dr. S<strong>and</strong>ra Kaplan. Used with permission.What factors have contributed to this study?What is still not understood about thisarea/topic/study/discipline?What is yet unknown about thisarea/topic/study/discipline?In what ways is <strong>the</strong> information incompleteor lacking in explanation?How is this structured?What are <strong>the</strong> stated <strong>and</strong> unstated causesrelated to <strong>the</strong> description or explanation <strong>of</strong>what we are studying?• Prioritize• Determine cause <strong>and</strong>effect• Predict• Relate• Formulate questions• Hypo<strong>the</strong>size• Recognize fallacies• Note ambiguity• Distinguish fact fromfiction <strong>and</strong> opinion• Formulate questions• Problem solve• Identify missinginformation• Test assumptions• Generalize• Hypo<strong>the</strong>size• Judge credibilityJournalsNewspapersGraphsChartsMultiple <strong>and</strong>varied resourcesComparativeanalysis <strong>of</strong>autobiographical<strong>and</strong> currentnonfictionArticlesEditorialsEssaysLawsTheories