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Thinking skills and learning styles

Course Description: This course provides knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to teaching thinking to help students practice various thinking skills and apply them in their studies and learning. It also aims to train students on self-regulated learning strategies and identifying their learning style. The course adopts a training approach by defining and identifying the skill or strategy and practicing it to develop it.

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

The course aims to:
– Identify the most prominent thinking skills that students can employ in their studies and professional lives.
– Identifying the most prominent classifications of learning styles and helping students identify their learning style.
Training on diverse thinking skills (critical thinking, creative thinking, etc.) through thinking instruction models (CoRT, Six Thinking Hats, SCAMPER, etc.).
– Training on the most prominent methods, strategies, and skills of self-regulated learning.

Course outputs :

The student knows the concept of thinking.
The student knows the concept of a critic, their skills, stages, and strategies.
The student knows the concept, skills, stages, and strategies of creativity.
The student knows metacognitive thinking skills.
The student mentions learning methods.
The student knows self-regulated learning strategies and methods.
To know memory skills and their importance.
The student knows test management skills and strategies.
To classify the different thinking skills.
The student applies critical thinking skills through training activities.
The student applies creative thinking skills through training activities.
To classify the different learning styles.
Identify each student's learning style.
To classify student learning and remembering skills.
The student applies the use of self-regulated learning strategies and methods.
The student employs thinking skills and learning strategies in their studies.
For the student to acquire positive self-concepts.
The student practices communication skills effectively.
Developing initiative and entrepreneurship.
Commitment to teamwork skills and positive relationships with others.
Participating effectively in work groups.

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Last updated: 2026-06-09