I. The ability to ask hard questions of data, whether from textbooks,
authorities, or other "expert" sources. In other words, do
we teach dialectics?
2. The ability to define problems independently, to avoid slavish dependence
on official definitions.
3. The ability to scan masses of irrelevant information and to
quickly extract from the sludge whatever is useful.
4. The apility to conceptualize.
5. The ability to reorganize information into new patterns which
enable a different perspective than the customary.
6. The possession of a mind fluent in moving among different
modes of thought: deductive, inductive, heuristic, intuitive, et al.
7. Facility in collaboration with a partner, or in teams.
8. Skill in the discussion of issues, problems or techniques.
9. Skill in rhetoric. Convincing others your course is correct.