What is TASC?
TASC means Thinking Actively in a Social Context and is a framework that helps develop thinking and problem-solving skills. With TASC, learners can think through a problem to the best outcome – and understand why it’s the best outcome.
TASC will guide you through the stages of thinking and problem-solving in an organised way. If you have a complex or wide-ranging problem you want to tackle, it offers a means of organising and synthesising a range of ideas.
The significant stages of the thinking process are described in the TASC framework. Use these stages to classify your thoughts – this will help you understand the stages your brain moves through while working on a problem.
At each stage of TASC learners’ thinking and problem-solving skills are developed and fine-tuned, as they are made aware of their own thinking process.
Remember you can move forwards and backwards through the TASC stages – changing and adding to your ideas.
Further information about using TASC in the classroom is available as a download.
Explore TASC in more depth
Documents (pdf)
- Teacher notes (a duplicate copy of this part of the website in a single document)
- Thinking Actively in a Social Context extended
- My thinking and planning guide
- The meaning of TASC and its essential tenets
- The core tools for effective thinking
- Practical teacher observation checklist for assessment
- Extending the TASC tools for effective thinking
- Assessing my project (for students)
- Top ten tips for using the principles of TASC and e-TASC
- TASC strategies for the classroom
- Using TASC in the classroom
Links
NACE - More information from National Association for Able Children in Education
TASC - Learn more about TASC