Creative and critical thinking can be learned and improved. If students do not demonstrate these abilities in the classroom it is most often because they have not been taught how to be creative nor have they been provided with opportunities to practice these strategies. Independent thinking is a result of learning to be independent and learning how to think. Technology can only be truly understood by engaging in technological thinking and doing. Studying technology will have a positive influence on the child's success in other subjects.
Technological skills are integrative and transferable .
The human process of applying resources to satisfy our wants and needs to extend our capabilities. Technology is defined above as the process we use to solve problems and extend our human capabilities. In this sense, technology is not an instrument but a field of study. It involves the application of learned principles to specific, tangible situations. In using this approach, students not only learn techniques of design and engineering, but receive practical problem solving experience in principles of mathematics and science.