Critical thinking is reflective reasoning about beliefs and actions used to determine if claims are true. It traces to Socratic questioning in Ancient Greece and involves examining propositions to assess if they correspond to reality. Critical thinking requires skills like observation, interpretation, evaluation, and inference as well as intellectual traits like open-mindedness, integrity, and courage. The purpose is to use reason to improve the quality of thinking on any subject.
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Critical thinking is a intellectually disciplined process of actively and skilfully conceptualising, applying, synthesising and evaluating information gathered by observation, experience, reasoning or communication as a guide to belief and action.
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Introduction to Critical Thinking SkillsHanis Razak
Definition of critical thinking, core critical thinking skills, asking questions, characteristics of critical thinkers, standard for critical thinkers and exercises.
On the importance of critical thinking skills and how to teach them - presented at the eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLCC) Conference, April 18, 2014 - Breckenridge, CO
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Critical Thinking is a widely used phrase. Business says they want Critical Thinking Skills. Educators claim that they develop Critical Thinking skills in their students. But very few articulate what they mean by Critical Thinking skills.
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critical thinking is the most important concept with every day life like, school,work place, society for more information reed this power point.five point of this power point .What is critical thinking?
• Characteristics of a critical thinking
• Critical thinking standards
• benefits to critical thinking
• barriers of critical thinking
• How to improve critical thinking
Critical Thinking is a widely used phrase. Business says they want Critical Thinking Skills. Educators claim that they develop Critical Thinking skills in their students. But very few articulate what they mean by Critical Thinking skills.
This presentation spells out what are the elements of Critical Thinking skills, and what one should expect to learn as a part of any Critical Thinking training. At the end of the presentation, you will have a clear understanding of the skills that go into making one a critical thinker.
Characteristics of Critical Thinking, Importance of Critical Thinking, Elements of Critical Thinking Process, Principles of Critical Thinking, Types of Critical Thinking, Critical Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking Barriers
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." -Albert Einstein
Train your brain to look at situations and problems differently, open your mind to new ideas, and use scientific reasoning on your problems.
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Teaching Higher Order Thinking & 21st Century SkillsTimothy Wooi
Higher Order Thinking and 21st Century Skills
I. Introduction of Higher-Order Thinking (H.O.T.) and Why?
II. Bloom’s Cognitive Taxonomy
III. Why Do We Want to Teach
Higher-Order Thinking?
IV. How Do We Teach Higher- Order
Thinking?
V. The High Investment of Higher-
Order Thinking
Critical Thinking is a great ability that bosses, managers, leaders and entrepreneurs must posses. Lets look at how important it is and how it can be nurtured
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Study Notes What Is Critical Thinking?
By the Walden University Writing Center Staff
Critical reading and critical thinking are intertwined; one cannot quite do one without the other. Kurland (2000) noted that critical reading is about discovering information whereas critical thinking is about evaluating it. Various authors have offered different definitions of the critical-thinking process. Among the most useful definitions is the one provided by Scriven and Paul, who defined it as:
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. In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness. (1987, para. 1)
Another useful definition was provided by Elder (as cited in Critical Thinking Community, 2013), who defined it as “self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. It requires rigorous standards of excellence and mindful command of their use. It entails effective communication and problem-solving abilities and a commitment to overcoming our native egocentrism and sociocentrism” (para. 4). Because graduate students are moving beyond being simply consumers of knowledge to learning how to make meaningful contributions to that knowledge, it is particularly important that they cultivate strong critical-thinking skills.
Like critical reading, critical thinking is an active process, and with practice one can develop the skills needed to do it more effectively. According to Kurland (2000), there are six key characteristics of critical thinking: rationality, self-awareness, honesty, open-mindedness, discipline, and judgment. Rationality has to do with exercising good judgment based on logic, self-awareness with knowing one’s individuality, biases, and so forth; honesty has to do with integrity and being able to be truthful about one’s biases; open-mindedness is about being able to appreciate differing viewpoints; discipline is about being self-controlled and being objective; and judgment is about being able to form an opinion about something based on the information presented. Each of these characteristics can be develop.
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Week 2 Assignment
The Process of Critical Thinking
OverfamiliaritSecondy with an idea can lead you to accept the information as true without questioning it. Have you ever spilled salt and then had to throw a pinch of it over your left shoulder? Are you afraid that whistling in the dark will cause bad things to happen? Have you ever wondered where superstitious behaviors originated and why they are present today? When you begin to ask why, you have started the critical-thinking process.
To extend that mode of thinking beyond the exploration of superstitions, critical thinking as part of scholarly work allows you to separate “truth” from existing opinions and biases. In the following Assignment, you will examine the process of critical thinking by identifying your beliefs, your factual knowledge, and how you can separate the two.
To Prepare for this Assignment:
Review the reading in this week’s Learning Resources.
The Assignment (1-page):
Write a short paragraph that would be considered an opinion. Write a second paragraph that would be considered a fact. Explain the differences between the two paragraphs. Explain how a reader would know if one statement is opinion and the other factual. Provide support in the research literature for the factual statement.
Critical reading and critical thinking are intertwined; one cannot quite do one without the other. Kurland (2000) noted that critical reading is about discovering information whereas critical thinking is about evaluating it. Various authors have offered different definitions of the critical-thinking process. Among the most useful definitions is the one provided by Scriven and Paul, who defined it as:
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. In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness. (1987, para. 1)
Another useful definition was provided by Elder (as cited in Critical Thinking Community, 2013), who defined it as “self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. It requires rigorous standards of excellence and mindful command of their use. It entails effective communication and problem-solving abilities and a commitment to overcoming our native egocentrism and sociocentrism” (para. 4). Because graduate students are moving beyond being simply consumers of knowledge to learning how to make meaningful contributions to that knowledge, it is particularly important that they cultivate strong critical-thinking skills.
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Critical Thinking
from Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia
Critical thinking, though variously defined, refers to good thinking and is connected with rationality and the appeal to reason. Many theorists view critical thinking as central to the aims of education, and it has become the focus for an educational reform movement accompanied by curricular and pedagogical innovations and the development of teaching materials and evaluation procedures. Considerable philosophical debate has centered on how critical thinking should be conceptualized, and discussions regarding critical thinking raise and connect with fundamental issues regarding the nature and aims of education and the nature of rationality.
Philosophers of education have traditionally viewed the fostering of good thinking as an aim of education, and the views of John Dewey, John Passmore, and Israel Scheffler are precursors to contemporary work on critical thinking. Contemporary interest in and debate about critical thinking was initiated largely by the work of Robert Ennis, in particular “A Concept of Critical Thinking” (1962), in which he put forward a detailed conception of critical thinking.
Theorists working in the field of informal logic also contributed significantly to the development of critical thinking theory and practice. The approach that they have taken to critical thinking centers on argumentation. A recognition of the limitations of formal deductive logic has prompted them to focus on the interpretation, evaluation, and construction of arguments in natural language.
The issue of how critical thinking should be conceptualized is a primary philosophical issue in this area. Although a variety of definitions and conceptualizations have been proposed, there are some common features that distinguish philosophical conceptions from more psychologically inspired accounts. All the main philosophical conceptions of critical thinking have as a central concept the idea of good reasons; they are, thus, explicitly normative. Psychological views, on the other hand, focus on the processes or mental operations involved in thinking. These views have been criticized by philosophers on a number of grounds. First, it is impossible to determine what mental operations correlate with particular cases of good thinking. Second, any particular operation can be performed critically or uncritically. What determines whether thinking is critical is the quality of the reasoning and not whether particular mental operations have been performed. All the main philosophical accounts of critical thinking depend, thus, on the concept of reason, and focus on the norms and standards of good thin.
2. What is Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is reflective reasoning Socratic method is defined as "a
about beliefs and actions. It is a way of prolonged series of questions and answers
deciding whether a claim is always true, which refutes a moral assertion by
sometimes true, partly true, or false. leading an opponent to draw a conclusion
Critical thinking can be traced in Western that contradicts his own viewpoint.”
thought to the Socratic method of
Ancient Greece.
Socrates was a Philosopher, born c. 470
BCE…c.399 BCE, in Athens Greece…The
Socratic tradition in which probing
questions were used to determine
whether claims to knowledge based on
authority could be rationally justified
with clarity and logical consistency…
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3. Sumner's Definition of Critical Thinking
What is Critical Thinking?
(William Graham Sumner — 1906)
“[Critical thinking is] . . . the examination and test of propositions of any kind
which are offered for acceptance, in order to find out whether they correspond
to reality or not. The critical faculty is a product of education and training. It is
a mental habit and power. It is a prime condition of human welfare that men and
women should be trained in it. It is our only guarantee against delusion,
deception, superstition, and misapprehension of ourselves and our earthly
circumstances.”
{Sumner, W. G. (1940). Folkways: A Study of the Sociological Importance of
Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals, New York: Ginn and Co., pp. 632,
633.}
4. Consequential Validity: Using Assessment to Drive Instruction
Critical thinking is that mode of Critical thinking is the disciplined
thinking—about any subject, art of ensuring that
content, or problem—in which the you use the best thinking you are
thinker capable of in any set of
improves the quality of his or her circumstances.
thinking by skillfully analyzing,
assessing, and reconstructing it.
When we think critically, we realize
that in every
Critical thinking is self-directed,
self-disciplined, self-monitored, and domain of human thought, it is
self-corrective thinking. It possible and important
presupposes assent to rigorous to question the parts of thinking,
standards of excellence and mindful and the standards for
command of their use. thought.
http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/consequential-
validity-using-assessment-to-drive-instruction/790
5. “The great masses of the people…will more
easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small
one.”
~ Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, 1933
We learn from history that we do not learn from history.
~ George Wilhelm Hegel
6. Definitions
Different sources define critical thinking variously as:
"reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do"[2]
"the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying,
analyzing, synthesizing, or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by,
observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and
action"[4][page needed]
"purposeful, self-regulatory judgment which results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation,
and inference, as well as explanation of the evidential, conceptual, methodological,
criteriological, or contextual considerations upon which that judgment is based"[5]
"includes a commitment to using reason in the formulation of our beliefs"[6]
7. Cites from previous page of Definitians
2) Ennis, Robert (20 June 2002).
"A Super-Streamlined Conception of Critical Thinking".
faculty.education.illinois.edu. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
4) Scriven, M., and Paul, R.W.,
Critical Thinking as Defined by the National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking
(1987)
5) Facione, Peter A. Critical Thinking: What It is and Why It Counts,
Insightassessment.com, 20011, p. 26
6) Mulnix, J. W. (2010). Thinking critically about critical thinking. Educational
Philosophy and Theory. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00673.x, p. 471
8. “Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”
~ Malcolm S. Forbes
History and etymology
The critical thinking philosophical frame
traces its roots in analytic philosophy and
pragmatist constructivism which dates
back over 2,500 years.
Meaning
Critical thinking clarifies goals, examines
assumptions, discerns hidden values,
evaluates evidence, accomplishes actions,
and assesses conclusions.
9. Skills
The list of core critical thinking Evidence through observation
skills includes observation,
interpretation, analysis, inference,
Context skills
evaluation, explanation, and meta- Relevant criteria for making the
cognition. There is a reasonable level judgment well
of consensus among experts that an Applicable methods or techniques
individual or group engaged in strong
critical thinking gives due for forming the judgment
consideration to establish: Applicable theoretical constructs
In addition to possessing strong for understanding the problem and
critical-thinking skills, one must be the question at hand
disposed to engage problems and
decisions using those skills. Critical
thinking employs not only logic but
broad intellectual criteria such as
clarity, credibility, accuracy,
precision, relevance, depth, breadth,
significance, and fairness.
10. Procedure
Critical thinking calls for the Put to test the conclusions and
ability to: generalizations at which one arrives
Reconstruct one's patterns of
Recognize problems, to find beliefs on the basis of wider
workable means for meeting those experience
problems Render accurate judgments about
Understand the importance of specific things and qualities in
prioritization and order of everyday life
precedence in problem solving
Gather and marshal pertinent
(relevant) information
Recognize unstated assumptions and
values
Comprehend and use language with
accuracy, clarity, and discernment
Interpret data, to appraise evidence
and evaluate arguments
Recognize the existence (or non-
existence) of logical relationships
between propositions
Draw warranted conclusions and
generalizations
11. “Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always
ready to defend their most precious possession – their ignorance.”
~ Hendrik Van Loon
In sum:
"A persistent effort to examine any
belief or supposed form of knowledge in
the light of the evidence that supports it
and the further conclusions to which it
tends.”( b Edward M. Glaser (1941). An
Experiment in the Development of Critical
Thinking. New York, Bureau of
Publications, Teachers College, Columbia
University. ISBN 0-404-55843-7.)
12. Habits or traits of mind
The habits of mind that
characterize a person strongly
disposed toward critical thinking
include a desire to follow reason and
evidence wherever they may lead, a
systematic approach to problem
solving, inquisitiveness, even-
handedness, and confidence in
reasoning.[16] When individuals
possess intellectual skills alone,
without the intellectual traits of
mind, weak sense critical thinking
results. Fair-minded or strong sense
critical thinking requires intellectual
humility, empathy, integrity,
perseverance, courage, autonomy,
confidence in reason, and other
intellectual traits. Thus, critical
thinking without essential
intellectual traits often results in
clever, but manipulative and often
unethical or subjective thought.
13. “Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their
readiness to doubt.” ~ H. L. Mencken
16) The National Assessment
of College Student Learning:
Identification of the Skills to
be Taught, Learned, and
Assessed, NCES 94–286, US
Dept of Education, Addison
Greenwod (Ed), Sal Carrallo (PI).
See also, Critical thinking: A
statement of expert consensus
for purposes of educational
assessment and instruction.
ERIC Document No. ED 315–423
14. Example thinker
raises important questions and problems, formulating them clearly
and precisely
gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract ideas to
interpret it effectively
comes to well-reasoned conclusions and solutions, testing them
against relevant criteria and standards
thinks open-mindedly within alternative systems of thought,
recognizing and assessing, as need be, their assumptions,
implications, and practical consequences
communicates effectively with others in figuring out solutions to
complex problems, without being unduly influenced by others'
thinking on the topic.
15. Critical Thinking as Defined by the National Council for
Excellence in Critical Thinking, 1987
A statement by Michael Scriven & Richard Paul, presented at the 8th Annual
International Conference on Critical Thinking and Education Reform, Summer
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. In its exemplary form, it is
based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions:
clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons,
depth, breadth, and fairness. It entails the examination of those structures or
elements of thought implicit in all reasoning: purpose, problem, or question-at-
issue; assumptions; concepts; empirical grounding; reasoning leading to
conclusions; implications and consequences; objections from alternative
viewpoints; and frame of reference. Critical thinking — in being responsive to
variable subject matter, issues, and purposes — is incorporated in a family of
interwoven modes of thinking, among them: scientific thinking, mathematical
thinking, historical thinking, anthropological thinking, economic thinking, moral
thinking, and philosophical thinking.