Basic Skills

Thinking Skills

Personal Qualities

Reads, writes, performs arithmetic and mathematical operations, listens and speaks well

Thinks critically, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes, knows how to learn and reason

Displays responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty

Reading

locates, understands, and interprets written information in prose and in documents

Creative Thinking

generates new ideas

Responsibility

exerts a high level of effort and perseveres toward goal attainment

Writing

communicates thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing, and creates documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts

Decision Making

specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers risks, evaluates, and chooses best alternative

Self-Esteem

believes in own self-worth and maintains a positive view of self

Arithmetic/Mathematics

performs basic computations and approaches practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques

Problem Solving

recognizes problems, devises and implements a plan of action

Sociability

demonstrates understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empathy, and politeness in group settings

Listening

receives, attends to, interprets, and responds to verbal messages and other cues

Seeing things in the Mind’s Eye

organizes and processes symbols, pictures, graphs, objects & other information

Self-Management

assesses self accurately, sets personal goals, monitors progress, and exhibits self-control

Speaking

organizes ideas and communicates orally

Knowing How to Learn

uses efficient learning techniques to acquire & apply new knowledge & skills

Integrity & Honesty

chooses ethical courses of action

Reasoning

discovers a rule or principle underlying the relationship between two or more objects & applies it when solving a problem