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Extending and developing your thinking skills
Diagrams, mind-maps, tables, graphs, time lines, flow charts, sequence diagrams, decision trees: all can be used to organise thought. This free course, Extending and developing your thinking skills, will introduce you to a variety of thinking skills. Asking and answering questions is at the heart of high-quality thinking. Questions naturally arise from the desire to know and learn about things and may be the starting point for a journey of understanding.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- feel more confident about studying
- understand any grades received and how to improve them
- overcome problems with reading and writing
- make the most of the opportunities a higher education course provides for developing skills
First Published: 10/08/2012
Updated: 22/11/2018
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