- How are you defining this thing or idea? What is the context? What is your frame of reference?
- Thinking Process: Defining in Context
- Thinking Map: Circle Map
- How are you describing this thing? Which adjectives would best describe this thing?
- Thinking Process: Describing Qualities
- Thinking Map: Bubble Map
- What are the similar and different qualities of these things? Which qualities do you value most? Why?
- Thinking Process: Comparing and Contrasting
- Thinking Map: Double Bubble Map
- What are the main ideas, supporting ideas, and details in this information?
- Thinking Process: Classifying
- Thinking Map: Tree Map
- What are the parts and subparts of this whole physical object?
- Thinking Process: Part-Whole
- Thinking Map: Brace Map
- What happened? What is the sequence of events? What are the substages?
- Thinking Process: Sequencing
- Thinking Map: Flow Map
- What are the causes and effects of this event? What might happen next?
- Thinking Process: Cause and Effect
- Thinking Map: Multi-Flow Map
- What is the analogy being used? What is the guiding metaphor?
- Thinking Process: Seeing Analogies
- Thinking Map: Bridge Map