Accessible thinking guides

Here are Exploratree's thinking guides that have been designed to work well with screen readers. They provide step-by-step text-only versions of the guides. We hope you find them useful and would welcome suggestions for how we can improve them.

Reversal: Reverse a problem to stimulate new thinking when stuck
Capture thoughts: Create lots of ideas around an issue then turn ideas into actions
Appraisal SWOT: Analyse or appraise anything in a structured way
Back casting: Work backwards from the ideal future to a realistic present
Capturing thoughts: Create lots of ideas around an issue then turn ideas into actions
Cynllunio am yn ol: Defnyddiwch y trefnydd meddwl hwn i weithio am yn ol o'r dyfodol mwyaf perffaith y gallwch chi ei ddychmygu i realiti'r presennol.
Ystyried syniadau: Ymchwilio i dystiolaeth sy'n cefnogi syniadau a safbwyntiau cyferbyniol; yna creu eich syniadau eich hun.
Dyfodol tebygol, posibl, gorau: Pwrpas y trefnydd meddwl hwn yw eich helpu i feddwl sut gall sefyllfa neu fater ddatblygu yn y dyfodol.
Yr olwyn oblygiadau: Ystyriwch beth yw oblygiadau ac effeithiau digwyddiad. Beth ywor sgol-effeithiau?
Tracio ymchwiliad: Mae'r trefnydd meddwl hwn yn gymorth i chi gynllunio ymchwiliad.
Gwneud synnwyr: Pwrpas y trefnydd meddwl hwn yw penderfynu beth rydych eisiau ei wybod a gwneud synnwyr o'r hyn rydych wedi ei ddarganfod.
Y blychau meddwl: Dadansoddi gwrthrych/testun/mater o safbwyntiau gwahanol - lleol, byd-eang ac yn hanesyddol.
Manteision, anfanteision, diddorol (MAD): Gwerthuso mater neu syniad gan adnabod y manteision, yr anfanteision a'r pwyntiau diddorol.
Safbwyntiau gwahanol bobl: Ystyried testun/mater/gwrthrych o safbwyntiau gwahanol er mwyn deall bod gwybodaeth yn newid wrth ystyried safbwyntiau gwahanol bobl.
Y fframwaith meddwl: Cymorth i feddwl am destun, mater neu broblem a rhannu syniadau ag eraill.
Plus, minus, interesting: Evaluate by identifying pluses, minuses and interesting points
T.A.S.C.: Helps you think about and communicate any topics, issues or problems
Possible futures: Think about the way an issue may develop in the future
Use the essence: Get to the heart of the issue then look for new ideas
Examine ideas: Investigate evidence and other views then make new ideas
Blank template: A blank thinking guide where you can create your own from scratch
Tracking an enquiry: This thinking guide will help you to plan your enquiry
Futures wheel: Think through the consequences and knock-on effects
Lotus blossom: Create lots of ideas around an issue then turn ideas into actions
From a different angle: Examining a topic through a variety of different lenses
Thinking boxes: Analyse from different perspectives - local to global
Scamper: Substitute, combine, adapt, modify, rearrange
Reverse planning: Work backwards from the ideal future to a realistic present
Is / is not: Scope a problem by identifying what it is and is not
Complete reversal: Reverse a problem to stimulate new thinking when stuck
Compass rose: Examine things from a variety of perspectives
Facts or opinions: Sort out the facts from the opinions about a particular topic
Making meanings: Establish what you want to know
Compare and contrast: Make comparisons between two topics
Knowing trees: Think through a question and identify supporting evidence
Digging up roots: Explore a problem by digging down to its roots
Traffic lights: What changes would you make? Analyse a particular situation
Question things: Question everything you read, hear and see
A day in the life: Seeing things as they are experienced.