Thinking skills have a pivotal role in the new global economy and should be a part of the Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) curriculum. The current curriculum has excelled in preparing students with the technical skills required to participate in heavy and medium industries. Nevertheless, the current economic climate has positioned thinking skills as one of the central issues for prospective employees. Apart from having the technical capacity of manufacturing industry, it is crucial for TVET students to be able to solve problems and make decisions at the workplace. Therefore, this study investigated the development of Smart Thinking and Industrial Problem Solving Stimulator (STIPPS) that was created as a platform for supporting interactive use of industrial cases to enhance TVET students' thinking skills. The stimulator's construction is based on a 4-D model (Define, Design, Develop, and Disseminate) and is using an Android system. Ten experts were appointed to evaluate 18 cases in STIPSS. Mixed method was used to obtain quantitative and qualitative data. There was a high degree of reliability between them. The findings showed that the average measure for Intra-class Correlation Coefficient was .915 with a 95% confidence interval from .812 to .194 (F (9, 153) = 11.71, p < .000). In short, there was a near-perfect agreement among the panel of experts on the 18 industrial cases simulations. The qualitative data, on the other hand, showed that a panel of experts agreed that STIPSS is a good pedagogical tool to stimulate analytical, practical and creative thinking skills among TVET students. © 2019 School of Engineering, Taylor's University.
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