Critical
Thinking Core
Skills
PM DR FARIZA HANIS
ABDUL RAZAK
PM DR WAN ABDUL
RAHIM WAN MOHD
ISA
Course
Learning
Outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be
able to:
Describe how critical and creative thinking can
be used in IT problem solving. (C5)
Demonstrate lifelong learning skills in critical
and creative thinking for IT solutions. (A3)
Design a creative IT solution (product/service)
(P7)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lecture, you
should be able to:
◦Define critical thinking
◦Discuss core critical thinking skills
◦Describe your own critical thinking
skills
Parking
problem?
Traditional solution
IT solution
Innovative solution
Fear injections??
Definition by Michael Scriven
& Richard Paul (1987)
Critical thinking is the intellectually
disciplined process of actively and
skillfully conceptualizing, applying,
analyzing, synthesizing, and/or
evaluating information gathered from,
or generated by, observation,
experience, reflection, reasoning, or
communication, as a guide to belief and
action.
Critical
thinking
Curiosity
Creativity
Skepticism
Analysis
Logic
Wanting to learn
Viewing information
from multiple
perspectives
Maintaining a trust
but verify mindset
Systematically examining
and evaluating evidence
Reaching well-founded
conclusions
6 core critical thinking skills (Facione,
2010)
1.Self-regulation
(Reflecting on why and
how I do what I do)
2.Interpretation
(Understanding,
clarifying, decoding
ideas and texts)
3.Analysis (Investigating
strengths, weaknesses,
similarities, differences)
4.Evaluation (Assessing
and making
judgements)
5.Inference (Drawing
reasonable conclusions)
6.Explanation
(Presenting ideas with
clarity and with
justifications)
Exercise 1: Interpret facial expressions
Exercise 2: Identify a Malay proverb and define its meaning
Exercise 3: How good is your observation skill?
Use math operation
symbols (+, -, x, )
Which question is the
easiest to solve?
Which question is the
most difficult to
solve?
Can you solve all of
them?
Answer these questions
What skills have you had?
What skills do you not have?
What skills do you want to develop?
Self-reflection
DEFINE CRITICAL
THINKING
DISCUSS CORE CRITICAL
THINKING SKILLS
DESCRIBE YOUR OWN
CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
2. critical thinking core skills

2. critical thinking core skills