Thinking Skills
This is the ability to develop the cognitive skills of remembering and identifying, understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating, and creating.
Here are a few suggestions for qualifications that have been identified as focusing directly on these skills.
National Qualifications supporting Thinking Skills
Music Technology National 4 SCQF level 4
Summary description
This Course one of a series; it enables learners to develop practical technical skills relating to music, and to use them creatively in a range of contexts.
Thinking Skills
- Remembering
- Understanding
- Applying
- Creating
Other SfLLW being developed
- Health and wellbeing: Personal learning
- Employability, enterprise and citizenship: Information and communication technology; Working with others
Hospitality: Practical Cake Craft National 5 SCQF level 5
Summary description
This Course is one of a series; it is about of baking and finishing cakes in hospitality-related contexts.
Thinking Skills
- Understanding
- Applying
- Creating
Other SfLLW being developed
- Numeracy: Money, time and measurement; Information handling
- Employability enterprise and citizenship: Employability
- Health and wellbeing: Physical wellbeing
View Hospitality: Practical Cake Craft National 5 Course Specification
Economics Higher SCQF level 6
Summary description
This Course is one of a series; it is about economics and its impact on our lives, both locally and globally.
Thinking skills
- Remembering
- Understanding
- Applying
- Analysing and evaluating
Other SfLLW being developed
- Numeracy: Information handling
- Literacy: Reading (to identify evidence to make reasoned and informed decisions) ; Writing (to communicate ideas, opinions and information)
- Employability, enterprise and citizenship: Employability; Citizenship (and sustainable development)
Qualifications supporting Thinking Skills
Core Skill Problem Solving Unit SCQF level 3 F3GD 09
Summary Description
This Unit is about solving simple routine problems in familiar every day settings. This Unit is available at other levels.
Thinking Skills and other SfLLW being developed
- Critical thinking
- Planning and organising
- Reviewing and evaluating
- Communication
View Unit Specification: Core Skill Unit Problem Solving SCQF Level F3GD 09 (136 KB)
Creative Thinking and Goal Setting Unit SCQF level 5 DV91 11
Summary Description
This Unit is aimed at developing creative thinking techniques and goal setting.
Thinking Skills and other SfLLW being developed
- Creative thinking
- Goal setting
- Critical thinking, planning and organising, reviewing and evaluating
View Unit Specification: Creative Thinking and Goal Setting SCQF Level 5
Thinking Skills case study
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