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No 2: Thinking Speed

What is Thinking Speed?

Thinking Speed is how fast you can take in information you have heard

or seen, make sense of it and then react.

Thinking Speed makes a difference to how quickly we can reply to a

question; how fast we can read or how quickly we can finish a task.

Here’s a mind map to explain Thinking Speed more:

Fast Thinking Speed makes it easier to …

Read and take in information Answer quickfire questions

Finish a task to a good standard Follow instructions

?
Work out mental calculations in the Make sense and respond to what
time given someone has said

Thinking Speed

How quickly you can make sense of information. YES
MAYBE
How quickly you can respond to information. NO

Do a task in the right order Make a decision

Write things down Follow a process correctly

Complete a task in the expected time React with my body e.g. catching a ball

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