SDF 21st CENTURY SKILLS Cheat Sheet 1. CRITICAL THINKING Sensory Motor Coordination Colour Differentiation Colour Co-ordination Means using your sense organs to perform activities. is the Skill of differentiating between colours. Example: Filling a water bottle under a running tap water Example: Red versus Green is Combining complimentary colours. (colours are two colours that are on opposite sides of the colour wheel) Observation Decision Making Problem Solving is to examine something by using either your senses or by noticing details of the object. is choosing between actions or between possible solutions to a problem. is working through a problem to reach a solution. Example: Closely observe how patterns are changing. Example: Should you do task A first or task B? Example: There is less water at home. How do I use the available amount to complete my daily chores? Sequencing Interpretation Spatial Awareness is to arrange events, items, or objects in a logical order. is to understand the original message and repeat it without any changes. is the ability to be aware of oneself in each space in relation to objects. Example: Describe what you understood from a given image. Example: Avoiding obstacles while walking. Logical Thinking Logical Reasoning Systematic Planning is using different strategies to reach a conclusion. is the process of using a rational, systematic and mathematical argument to justify a conclusion. is planning a step by step approach to complete a project. Example: Recipe for cooking a dish Example: You modify a presentation about a product to highlight its user-friendly qualities after considering the feedback from your last project. Example: Red and green Example: Planning for a trip Example: Why was A the right answer? Organizing Skill Experimentation Deductive Reasoning is the ability to use your time, energy, resources, etc. in an effective way so that you achieve a goal. is to try out new ideas to solve a problem. is when conclusion is reached by narrowing down the options under consideration. Example: Make a to-do list. Example: Making bhel with chinese sauces and noodles in it. Example: I live in India. India is in Asia. Hence, I am an Asian. Management Analysis Deductive Reasoning is making the right choices and focusing on the micro and macro requirements. is interacting with a problem /idea in parts and as whole. is understanding the political, religious, cultural, historical, geographical, biological and environmental forces in cultures and how they work. Example: Impact of gulf war on oil prices in India. Example: Planning to complete a project with fixed resources in a fixed time. Accuracy is the art of giving attention to detail. Example: Write a paragraph with no grammatical mistakes. Example: Finding the average of all students in class. 2. COLLABORATION Team Work is people working toward the same goal. Example: Working towards completing a project Coordination is working together so that each team member can accomplish their part in support of a common objective. Example: Two people work together to plan or coordinate a party. Cooperation is when individuals work with other people by achieving one's own goals. Example: One-person hands you a brick and you lay the brick. Leadership Skills means a person who leads by example and takes initiatives. Example: Become a team leader to finish the project. Empathy is sensing the thoughts, feelings and experiences of others. Example: How did Sheela feel when you shouted at her? Interpersonal Skills is the ability to communicate or interact well with other people. Example: Making friends in a new school 3. COMMUNICATION SKILLS Expressions Listening Skills Articulation is the action of showing one's thoughts or feelings. is the ability to accurately receive and interpret information with attention Example: You got exactly all groceries that mom told you over phone is the way in which you express your feelings and ideas. Example: Expressing displeasure without offending anyone Visual Communication is the transmission of information through visual media. Example: Create a presentation. Example: Articulate your thoughts in the form of a drawing. Aesthetic Sense is to engage and critically reflect on a work of art or anything creative. Example: Which of the furniture will fit the aesthetics of the given bedroom? 4. CREATIVITY SKILLS Pattern Recognition Questioning is to gain more information by asking appropriate questions. Visualization Example: You can gain little understanding from pointed questions that have short answers like “Yes or No”. Example: Close your eyes and visualize images of how a flying car would look like. Entrepreneurial Literacy is the creative process of generating, developing, and communicating new ideas. Imaginative Thinking is to form/create images in the mind without direct input from your sense organs. Example: Create different ideas on a flying car through research or through visualisation. Example: Create a design of the flying car which goes beyond logic. Example: Discuss with your team about how a model of this flying car can be created. Composition Unstructured thinking is to look at a problem from a fresh perspective and brainstorm possible solutions. Example: Brainstorming as many ideas as possible on how to create a flying car. is to use multiple senses to recognise certain objects and situations. Example: We know that rectangular pieces of wood are doors. Even if we see a new one, we know it is a door. Ideation is to combine something together in a structured manner. Example: Put all the designs of the flying car together to create a model. is process of forming images in the mind. means to take initiative to be a part of a team to complete project on time.
