Basic Skills
Reads, writes, performs arithmetic and mathematical operations,
listens and speaks. |
| Reading -- locates, understands, and interprets written
information in prose and in documents such as manuals, graphs and
schedules. |
| Writing -- communicates thoughts, ideas, information and
messages in writing; and creates documents such as letters, directions,
manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts. |
| Arithmetic/Mathematics -- performs basic computations and
approaches practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety
of mathematical techniques. |
| Listening -- receives, attends to, interprets, and responds
to verbal messages and other cues. |
| Speaking -- organizes ideas and communicates orally. |
Thinking
Skills
Thinks creatively, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes,
knows how to learn, and reasons. |
| Creative Thinking -- generates new ideas. |
| Decision Making -- specifies goals and constraints,
generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses best
alternative. |
| Problem Solving -- recognizes problems and devises and
implements plan of action. |
| Seeing Things in the Mind's Eye -- organizes and processes
symbols, pictures, graphs, objects, and other information. |
| Knowing How to Learn -- uses efficient learning techniques
to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills. |
| Reasoning -- discovers a rule or principle underlying the
relationship between two or more objects and applies it when solving a
problem. |
Personal
Qualities
Displays responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management,
and integrity and honesty. |
| Responsibility – exerts high level of effort and
perseveres towards goal attainment. |
| Self-esteem – believes in own self-worth and maintains
a positive view of self. |
| Sociability – demonstrates understanding,
friendliness, adaptability, empathy, and politeness is group settings. |
| Self-management – assesses self accurately, sets
personal goals, monitors progress, and exhibits self-control. |
| Integrity/Honesty – chooses ethical courses of action. |