2. Definition:
The process of thinking, analyzing, and evaluating
information gathered. By observation, experience, and
reasoning can help find the meaning of what you think.
3. Importance:
• Gives an opportunity to think abstractly
• Assists in developing pros and cons for a situation
• Allows ideas to be changed from one point of view to
another while examining new ideas then once decision
is made re-examining
• Gives us the ability to determine between fact and
opinion, ask questions, make concrete observations,
and reveal assumptions
4. Example of Application:
Teacher gives students tape, spaghetti, and one
marshmallow. Working in groups the students are asked
to build the tallest spaghetti tower that will support the
marshmallow. In this students have to learn how to work
with others dealing with the various critical thinking skills.
5. Technology
Technology gives us access to vast amounts of
information allowing us to use that information that we’ve
acquired to think critically.
6. Work Cited
critical thinking. Retrieved February 12, 2013, from
Psychologyandsociety.com.
Website:http://www.psychologyandsociety.com/cri
ticalthinking.html
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