Abstract Reasoning Skills

Parent Coaching: Helping parents with parenting challenges by offering alternative perspectives about family situations, creating strategies to prevent youth high-risk behavior, and developing family dynamics that achieve balanced parenting goals.

Prevention Planning: Use this section to plan your prevention activities and prevention discussions regarding this topic.

• Abstract Reasoning Test

  Abstract reasoning test by Aptitude-test.com that assesses your ability to identify and interpret patterns. 

• Abstract Reasoning Questions & Answers

  Abstract reasoning questions and answers to assess your diagrammatic and inductive reasoning skills.

• Critical Thinking Test

  Test to determine your ability to reason through an argument logically and make an objective decision by Aptitude-test.com.

• Are You a Crtiical Thinker?

  Test your crticial thinking skills  with a free quiz from The Critical Thinking Co.

ACTIVITIES

• Teach a Thinking Routine

  Activities appropriate for preschool, elementary, middle, and high school to teach deeper levels and ways of thinking. 

• Use the Zoom In Thinking Routine Activity

  Use the Zoom In Thinking Routine at home to teach elementary school-age children visible thinking skills.

• Use the Explanation Game Thinking Routine Activity

  Use the Explanation Game at home to teach middle and high school-age children visible thinking skills.

• Use the See, Think, Wonder Thinking Routine Activity

  Use the See, Think, Wonder at home to teach elementary and middle school-age children visible thinking skills.

• Engage in Brainstorming Riddle Solutions

  One of the best ways to stimulate young minds is to engage them in some brainstorming sessions, and solving riddles is the best way to enhance thinking skills of young kids

LINKS

• Building Thinking Skills®

  Building Thinking Skills® kits and workbooks for Toddlers - 12th grade is a best-selling thinkings skills program, developmentally sequenced for buidling critical thinkings skills. 

• Bright Side Learning Videos

  Whether you’re into recent discoveries, space exploration, true stories, fitness, fun tests, and riddles, or useful tips for self-improvement, psychology, gadgets, or just your day-to-day routine, there’s something for everyone!

• 5 Critical Thinking Strategies

  Teach children how to think about ideas by asking them to compare, contrast, analyze, categorize and evalute.

ORGANIZATIONS

• Project Zero - Harvard

  Project Zero is to understand and enhance learning, thinking and creativity for individuals and groups in the arts and other disciplines.

• GFCLearnFree.org

  GCFLearnFree.org program has helped millions around the world learn the essential skills they need to live and work in the 21st century. Videos in English and Spanish.

READINGS & RESEARCH

Student Engagement: Engaging students in the learning process to increase understanding and motivattion to practice higher-level critical thinking skills about high-risk behavior.

Prevention Planning: Use this section to find information, activities, discussion and fact handouts, as well as access to research about this topic.

• Abstract Reasoning Test

  Abstract reasoning test by Aptitude-test.com that assesses your ability to identify and interpret patterns. 

• Abstract Reasoning Questions & Answers

  Abstract reasoning questions and answers to assess your diagrammatic and inductive reasoning skills.

• Critical Thinking Test

  Test to determine your ability to reason through an argument logically and make an objective decision by Aptitude-test.com.

• Are You a Crtiical Thinker?

  Test your crticial thinking skills  with a free quiz from The Critical Thinking Co.

ACTIVITIES

• Use a Futures Wheel Thinking Strategy

  Use a Future Wheel thinking strategy for thinking about future vents. Use it with a group of people for a brainstorming session.

• Use a Tug-O-War Thinking Strategy

  Use a Tug-O-War thinking strategy to increase critical thinking when considering both sides of an argument.

• Use Circle of Viewpoints Thinking Strategy

  Use Circle of Viewpoints thinking strategy to increase critical thinking when considering many perspectives of a problem or issue.

• Use Connect-Extend-Challenge Thinking Strategy

  Use Connect-Extend-Challenge thinking strategy to broaden thinking and challenge assumptions about a topic.

LINKS

ORGANIZATIONS

READINGS & RESEARCH

• Concrete Thinking: Building Block or Stumbling Block

  Article on Healthline by Rebecca Joy Stanborough, MFA about the pros and cons of concrete thinking.