It may seem easier to teach design thinking if there were fewer than seven ways of thinking to lteach and learn. If you feel the need to simplify the model you can reorganize it into either three or five components by combining certain modes. The I DeSiGN Model in three components The following version of the model groups the seven elements of design thinking under three labels. I stands for Intending. To intend you decide what you want or need to accomplish, focus on the circumstances involved and direct your thoughts and actions toward your goal. Develop (Combines Intending, Defining and Exploring.) To develop your ideas, focus on the situation, decide what you want or need to accomplish regarding it, and identify what to consider and the resources that will be useful. Consider these things and imagine how they can help you acheive your goal until you have a promising idea or approach. Suggest To suggest what to do, focus on the circumstances involved, recall what you know about the situation, consider how to explain your ideas, decide what you need to present, and communicate your proposals so that others will understand your objectives. Produce (Combines Innovating, Evaluating, Reflecting) To produce, focus on your proposal, the current situation and the actions needed to acheive what you have suggested. Carry out your plan of action, constantly monitoring, judging and measuring what is accomplished, improving the results, skills and processes involved until you reach your goals. Remember and reflect on your experience to learn from it, and look for applications of the knowledge you have gained. All seven ways of thinking are taught in the short form of the model. They are simply not emphasized as separate modes when the model is presented. Collapsing the model in this way allows teachers to rference material from the seven part model and interpret it to suit the level of their students. As children learn, the seven ways of thinking can be introduced without changing the model they have already learned. The I DeSiGN Model in Five Componants In this version of the model, Developing is focused on abstract thinking (language, logic, composition, etc.). while doing focusses on thought and action in concrete terms (performing, producing, evaluating,etc.). Intend To intend you focus on the circumstances involved, decide what you want or need to accomplish, and direct your thoughts and actions toward your goals. Develop (Combines Defining and Exploring.) To develop your ideas, identify and describe the elements of the situation and the information and resources that will be useful in reaching your goals. Consider these things and imagine how they can help you acheive your goal until you have a promising idea or approach. Suggest(Combines Innovating and Goalgetting) To suggest you propose the form your solution will take or the plan of action you will follow, and present, communicate and explain it so that others will understand your objectives. Do To do what is suggested you implement your plan of action or concept to produce what is intended. You constantly monitor, judge and measure what has been accomplished to improve the results, skills and processes involved and to determine if your intentions have been fulfilled. Know To know, you remember and reflect on your experience to learn from it, integrate it into what you already know and look for other applications of the knowledge you have gained. Keeping Intentional and Reflective Thinking distinct becomes important as children begin to sort out what they should do and how they should consider and apply complex knowledge from many sources. This model is therefore recommended for the third grade and above. As in the three-part model all modes of thinking are taught.