cort 2 organization

The first five lessons in CoRT 2 deal with five common thinking operations.



Each of these is made the subject of deliberate attention, so that students can use them in an organised manner: asking specific questions and looking for specific answers.



The next five lessons deal with the overall organisation of thinking so that it can be used in a deliberate and productive manner.



The intention is to treat thinking as an organised operation rather than a discursive ramble in which one thing leads to another.

Some of the lessons in the second half refer to processes learned in CoRT 1 (BREADTH) but the lessons can still be used even if CoRT 1 has not been taught, by omitting references to it.



Tools:
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1: RECOGNISE
The deliberate effort to identify a situation in order to make it easier to understand or to deal with.11
2: ANALYSE
Two types of analysis. Deliberate dividing up of a situation in order to think about it more effectively.12
3: COMPARE
Using comparison in order to understand a situation. Examining points of similarity and difference in offered comparisons.13
4: SELECT
The deliberate effort to find something that fulfills the requirements. Selecting from different possibilities.14
5: FIND OTHER WAYS
The deliberate effort to find alternative ways of looking at things.18
6: START
The practical business of starting to think about something. What is the first thing to do?19
7: ORGANISE
The practical business of organising the way a situation is to be tackled.17
8: FOCUS
Looking at different aspects of a situation, especially being clear as to what aspect is under consideration at the moment.16
9: CONSOLIDATE
What has been achieved so far? Drawing together and being clear about what has been done and what has been left out.15
10: CONCLUDE
Arriving at a definite conclusion, even if that declares that no definite conclusion is possible.