Reach FAR

FAR is an acronym for flexible, analytical, and responsive skill application. Mockingbird Education's FAR skills are categorized into 3 domains according to increasing levels of cognitive demand, comprehension, and skill. Lower domain skills are called flexible skills, mid level skills are called analytical skills, and upper domain skills are called responsive skills. Mockingbird Education increases FAR skills in high risk education through an adaptation of the Socratic Questioning Method called Thinkability.

able to think

flexibly
analytically
responsively

Mockingbird Education provides cognitive teaching and learning strategies to increase high risk learner’s ability to think critically. MB defines critical thinking as ‘Thinkability’or the ability to think FAR. FAR is an acronym for flexible, analytical, and responsive critical thinking. These skills are categorized into 3 domains according to increasing levels of cognitive demand and abstract thinking.

Flexible thinkers can:

perceive multiple perspectives
perceive small details and large patterns
bridge gaps in information to make decisions

Analytical thinkers can:

investigate and evaluate
inquire and draw conclusions
persist when confronted with unknowns and challenges

Responsive thinkers can:

adjust thinking processes to changes in information, conditions, and circumstances
positively manage changes in structure, data, and interactions

Mockingbird Education's Thinkability Questioning Strategy