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Analysis. Analysis means to distinguish among parts and ideas, know and recognize relationships among concepts and processes . For example, you may be asked to analyze a pattern of behavior, or a character’s motive. You may be asked to extrapolate and interpret data. Analysis requires you to separate ideas, issues, or matter into parts for separate study, then explain how they relate to one another . In high school and college it will not be enough to simply regurgitate facts. You must be able to analyze them.
Analysis separates ideas for study.
Synthesis combines ideas or concepts to create a whole. Evaluation. Higher order thinking skills culminate in evaluation . The ability to successfully evaluate something requires critical thinking . Critical thinking is a process that applies logical reasoning, objective thought, and unbiased judgement to reach a conclusion. When the process is followed correctly, the thinker is lead to a well-reasoned and accurate conclusion. There’s nothing mysterious about critical thinking, but it does require effort, discipline and practice. In high school you will be expected to exhibit basic critical thinking skills. In college and career, deeper and more complex critical thinking skills will be required of you. PRODUCT PREVIEW Synthesis. In terms of the hierarchy of thinking skills, synthesis is up near the top. It is sort of the flip side of analyze. It means to combine separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole . Synthesis requires you to combine what you know to create, invent, design, build, compose or construct something. In high school and college you will be expected to synthesize information and concepts from a variety of subjects and sources: the classroom, textbooks, labs and experiments, and the real world outside of the classroom.
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