| 1. Analyzing |
- Separating or breaking a whole into parts to discover their nature, functional and relationships.
- "I studied it piece by piece"
- "I sorted things out"
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| 2. Applying Standards |
- Judging according to established personal, professional, or social rules or criteria.
- "I judged it according to..."
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| 3. Discriminating |
- Recognizing differences and similarities among things or situations and distinguishing carefully as to category or rank.
- "I rank ordered the various..."
- "I grouped things together"
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| 4. Information Seeking |
- Searching for evidence, facts, or knowledge by identifying relevant sources and gathering objective, subjective, historical, and current data from those sources
- "I knew I needed to lookup/study..."
- "I kept searching for data."
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| 5. Logical Reasoning |
- Drawing inferences or conclusions that are supported in or justified by evidence
- "I deduced from the information that..."
- "My rationale for the conclusion was..."
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| 6. Predicting |
- Envisioning a plan and its consequences
- "I envisioned the outcome would be..."
- "I was prepared for..."
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| 7. Transforming Knowledge |
- Changing or converting the condition, nature, form, or function of concepts among contexts
- "I improved on the basics by..."
- "I wondered if that would fit the situation of ..."
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