Thinking Hats
The thinking hat that helps me think in a unique way.
What is the green thinking hat?
This is the what the letters IIM stand for.
What is Independent Investigation Method?
This is what the letters FFOE stand for.
What is fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration?
This number describes how many PETS we met this year.
What is six?
This number describes how many gifted goals are recognized by the state of Florida.
What is seven?
The thinking hat that helps me understand how I feel about something.
What is red?
This step includes color- coding, cutting and pasting your notefacts.
What is step 4- Organize Your Facts?
This is the type of thinking required to add your own thinking to something that already exists.
What is elaboration?
These 2 PETs have us think in Divergent ways where we come up with many different ideas.
Who is Isabel the Inventor and Yolanda the Yarnspinner?
This goal is practiced the most in gifted class, is shared by almost every student and includes solving advanced math problems and unique ideas.
What is goal 4 (creative and critical thinking)
The thinking hat that is helpful when writing an invitation to a birthday party.
What is white?
This step is typically the most fun and requires you to use your green hat thinking.
What is step 6- Create a Product?
This is the type of thinking required to find all the different common and uncommon uses for a rake.
What is flexibility?
These 2 PETs have us think in Convergent ways where we narrow down our options into one correct answer.
Who is Dudley the Detective and Sybil the Scientist?
This goal is for gifted students who are good at organizing peers to complete a task.
What is goal 5 (leadership)?
These two thinking hats are helpful when thinking of the pros and cons of a decision.
What are yellow and black?
Daily Double
This step is arguably the most important step because it involves creating questions that drive the entire explorative process.
What is step 2- Goal Setting?
This is the type of thinking required to list all the different things that can be blue.
What is fluency?
This PET taught us to improve our visual thinking through mental manipulations of shapes.
Who is Max the Magician?
If I am really good at creating things to share what I've learned and talking in front of a crowd, then I am likely practicing this gifted goal.
What is Goal 7 (products and performances)?
I use these two thinking hats while working on a research project.
What is white and blue?
This is the step when you read to find notefacts and may be susceptible to plagiarism.
What is step 3- Research?
Fluency, Flexibility, Originality and Elaboration are the four components of this.
What is creativity?
This PET uses evaluative thinking to derive at the "best" answer, not necessarily the correct answer.
Who is Jordan the Judge?
Daily Double
These two goals are very useful when trying to find information about the how diamonds are formed?
What is goal 2 (questions) and goal 3 (research)?