Curriculum Resources on the Use of Cognitive / Thinking Tools

Schools can encourage secondary 3 and 4 students to join the
“Online Course on Generic Skills” with due regard to students’ abilities
and their own contexts. For details, schools may refer to the following URLs: Online Course on Integrative Use of Generic Skills

English Language Education
Mathematics Education
Physical Education
Senior Secondary Citizenship and Social Development
Personal, Social and Humanities Education / History
Values Education
General Studies for Primary Schools
Gifted Education

English Language Education

Key Stage / Level	Topic	Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved	Learning & Teaching Resources
KS2	Famous Scientists	Use of a mind map to organise and summarise information Use of a Venn diagram to make comparison	Teacher’s version	Student’s version
KS4	Promotion of Electric Cars	Use of a fishbone diagram to relate causes to effects Use of a mind map to show different stakeholders’ roles, and to summarise and organise proposed actions and solutions

Key Stage / Level

Topic

Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved

Learning & Teaching Resources

KS2

Famous Scientists

Use of a mind map to organise and summarise information
Use of a Venn diagram to make comparison

Teacher’s version

Student’s version

KS4

Promotion of Electric Cars

Use of a fishbone diagram to relate causes to effects
Use of a mind map to show different stakeholders’ roles, and to summarise
and organise proposed actions and solutions

Mathematics Education

Key Stage/Level	Topic	Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved	Learning & Teaching Resources
P6	Reasonable sharing of taxi fare	Table, timeline, chart	Teacher’s version	Student’s version

Key Stage/Level

Topic

Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved

Learning & Teaching Resources

Reasonable sharing of taxi fare

Table, timeline, chart

Teacher’s version

Student’s version

Physical Education

Key Stage/Level	Topic	Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved	Learning & Teaching Resources
Key Stage 4	Social Aspects of PE, Sport and Recreation	Concentric circles, Mind map	Teacher’s version	Student’s version

Key Stage/Level

Topic

Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved

Learning & Teaching Resources

Key Stage 4

Social Aspects of PE, Sport and Recreation

Concentric circles, Mind map

Teacher’s version

Student’s version

Senior Secondary Citizenship and Social Development

Key Stage / Level	Topic	Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved	Learning & Teaching Resources
S4-S6	The development of the Greater Bay Area	Mind map, Time line	Teacher’s version	Student’s version
S4-S6	Hong Kong under “One country, two systems”	Time line	Teacher’s version	Student’s version

Key Stage / Level

Topic

Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved

Learning & Teaching Resources

S4-S6

The development of the Greater Bay Area

Mind map, Time line

Teacher’s version

Student’s version

S4-S6

Hong Kong under “One country, two systems”

Time line

Teacher’s version

Student’s version

Personal, Social and Humanities Education / History

Key Stage / Level	Topic	Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved	Learning & Teaching Resources
KS3 / S2	History Curriculum Guide (Secondary 1-3) (2019) - Topic 5: The rise of modern Europe – Technological advancement: The Industrial Revolution	The Fishbone diagram, Compare map, Flowchart, Frayer model	Teacher’s version	Student’s version

Key Stage / Level

Topic

Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved

Learning & Teaching Resources

KS3 / S2

History Curriculum Guide (Secondary 1-3) (2019) -
Topic 5: The rise of modern Europe –
Technological advancement: The Industrial Revolution

The Fishbone diagram, Compare map, Flowchart, Frayer model

Teacher’s version

Student’s version

Values Education

Key Stage / Level	Topic	Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved	Learning & Teaching Resources
KS3 / S1-S3	Health Education‧Say NO to CBD	Mind map, Table, Fish bone diagram	Teacher’s version	Student’s version

Key Stage / Level

Topic

Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved

Learning & Teaching Resources

KS3 / S1-S3

Health Education‧Say NO to CBD

Mind map, Table, Fish bone diagram

Teacher’s version

Student’s version

General Studies for Primary Schools

Key Stage / Level	Topic	Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved	Learning & Teaching Resources
KS2	The Magic of Magnetic	Fish bone diagram	Teacher’s version	Student’s version

Key Stage / Level

Topic

Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved

Learning & Teaching Resources

KS2

The Magic of Magnetic

Fish bone diagram

Teacher’s version

Student’s version

Gifted Education

Key Stage / Level	Topic	Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved	Learning & Teaching Resources
KS2	Affective education – Being a wise consumer	Mind map, Table, Fish bone diagram	Teacher’s version	Student’s version

Key Stage / Level

Topic

Cognitive / Thinking Tools involved

Learning & Teaching Resources

KS2

Affective education – Being a wise consumer

Mind map, Table, Fish bone diagram

Teacher’s version

Student’s version

Curriculum Resources on the Use of Cognitive / Thinking Tools

Schools can encourage secondary 3 and 4 students to join the “Online Course on Generic Skills” with due regard to students’ abilities and their own contexts. For details, schools may refer to the following URLs: Online Course on Integrative Use of Generic Skills

Schools can encourage secondary 3 and 4 students to join the
“Online Course on Generic Skills” with due regard to students’ abilities
and their own contexts. For details, schools may refer to the following URLs: Online Course on Integrative Use of Generic Skills