Components of critical thinking.

1. CRITICAL THINKING IN
ACADEMIC DOMAIN
Patrisius Djiwandono
Forkomil October 2012
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2. Critical thinking defined
a mental process that involves setting a
specific purpose, then gathering information,
evaluating the credibility of the information,
identifying and checking assumptions,
establishing alternatives, and identifying
consequences for the alternatives.
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3. Elements of critical thinking
• Interpretation: the ability to comprehend information.
• Analysis: The ability to identify the main arguments presented.
• Evaluation: The ability to judge whether this argument is credible
and valid based on the logic and evidence given.
• Inference: The ability to decide what to believe or do based on solid
logic, and to understand the consequences of this decision.
• Explanation: The ability to communicate the process of reasoning to
others.
• Self-Regulation: The ability to monitor one’s own thinking and
correct flaws in ogic
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4. Affective elements of critical
thinking
• evaluate all reasonable inferences
• consider a variety of possible viewpoints or perspectives,
• remain open to alternative interpretations
• accept a new explanation, model, or paradigm because
it explains the evidence better, is simpler, or has fewer
inconsistencies or covers more data
• accept new priorities in response to a reevaluation of the
evidence or reassessment of our real interests,
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5. Main issue in critical thinking
• Some studies suggest that CT is inherent
in academic domain.
• Several other studies suggest that CT
training needs to be pervasive and explicit.
Modeling by teachers is vital.
• What about our students and ourselves?
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6. A case
• More and more universities are applying flexible working
hours for lecturers, wehereby they can work from any
place they want to be, not necessarily at the office. It is
claimed that productivity improves with this scheme.
Now, the lecturer association in our school is pushing the
management to adopt this scheme. What is your critical
response to this?
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7. A table for thinking
Issue Assumption Solution Consequence
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