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1. Fluency:
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The ability to produce many ideas, responses, or questions.
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2. Flexibility:
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The ability to produce a variety of different ideas, questions or solutions, to seekmany directions oralternatives. To adapt common objects to fit a variety of approaches.
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3. Originality:
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The ability to think of novel, unique expressions or solutions, to have clever ideas rather than common or obvious ones; to express ideas in new ways.
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4. Elaboration:
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The ability to add or elaborate upon ideas or products; to stretch or expand ideas and embellish ideas to make them more interesting; to add details to improve ideas.
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5. Imagination:
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The ability to visualize possibilities, picture new objects, and form mental pictures.
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6. Analysis:
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The ability to break elements, relationships and principles into their basic parts; to classify, organize, categorize and take apart various types of information.
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7. Synthesis:
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The ability to combine parts together to create a whole; to rearrange the pieces or elements to create a pattern or structure not there before. Products of synthesis are new and unique.
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8. Evaluation:
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The ability to make judgments for a given purpose. These judgments are based on criteria chosen specifically for the task. The emphasis is on evaluating a variety of alternatives before selecting and implementing a solution.
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9. Problem Solving:
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The ability to develop a process that will enable to child to work from a "problem" to an effective "solution." The emphasis is on generating and evaluating a variety of alternatives before selecting and implementing a solution.
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10.Decision Making:
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The ability to evaluate data carefully before making judgments; to consider possible solutions from a variety of points of view; to examine conditions that would affect the solution; to evaluate decisions based on personal needs and values.
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11.Self-Awareness:
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The ability to develop a positive self-concept, to understand and accept one's own feelings, capabilities and limitations; to demonstrate respect and acceptance of oneself and others; to develop and maintain positive social relationships; to make a positive contribution to society.
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12. Communication:
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The ability to modify and adjust expression of ideas for maximum reception, to find a variety of alternate ways to express ideas; to be able to express the relationship of personal thoughts, ideas and experiences to those of other people.
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13. Self-Directed Learning:
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The ability to be an active participant in the process of selecting subject matter; to create goals based on current interests, needs, and student preferred learning style; and to cooperate in evaluating the final product based on pre-determined criteria.
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14. Research Techniques:
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The ability to formulate a hypothesis, to develop a systematic plan; to gather, manipulate, use, summarize and evaluate data, and to report the results; to become aware of the existence, nature and function of various reference materials with emphasis on non-book materials and first-hand gathering. Various types of research include historical development, descriptive, case and field, correlation, action, and experimental.
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