Thinking and Academic Success Skills (TASS)

I Synthesize

• I put things back together after I have taken them apart.

• I see how new ideas come from other ideas.

• I make something new out of the parts I already have.

• I organize my thoughts.

Synthesis is a critical thinking skill—Putting parts together to build understanding of a whole concept or to form a new or unique whole.

I Think About How I Learn

• I think about what I already know about a topic before I begin learning more.

• I notice the ways I learn best.

• I improve my learning by choosing ways to learn that work well with me.

• I notice when I am struggling and get help.

Metacognition is an academic success skill—Knowing and being aware of one’s own thinking and having the ability to monitor and evaluate one’s own thinking.