This document outlines a training on critical thinking skills. The objectives are to explain what critical thinking is and how to improve these abilities for effective decision making. After the training, participants will understand techniques for making judgments and decisions through critical analysis. The training covers defining critical thinking, the components of critical thinking like interpretation and evaluation, developing the right attitude, and three techniques to improve skills: questioning claims and evidence, considering counter examples, and imagining how one's beliefs could be wrong.

1. Critical thinking Skills
Presented by:
Sufyan Ali
Tauqeer Abbas
Zain Abid

2. Objectives of the training:
To explain what is critical thinking and how we
can use different techniques to improve our
critical thinking abilities and skills for affective
decision making in our lives.

3. Expected Outcomes of the
training:
After the training, you will be able to understand
different affective techniques which can be used
while making judgments and decisions through
thinking critically.

5.  “Critical thinking is a way of deciding whether a
claim is true, partially true, or false.”

6. Video 1:
Critical thinking explained

7. Components of Critical Thinking
Critical thinking consists of a skill-set and attitude.
There are six major components of critical thinking:
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Interpretation
 •
Analysis
 •
inference
 •
explanation
 •
evaluation
 •
self-regulation

8. Attitude towards critical thinking:
This component helps a critical thinker to
evaluate these questions:
• Do you try to solve problem using reasoning?
• Are you willing to reconsider what you believe?
-Example:
• Which thing is more important, the skill or the
attitude?
Changing belief & attitude based upon results is
difficult

9. 3 Easy Techniques To Improve
Critical Thinking Skills

10. Technique no.1
‘How does someone know that?’
 How does someone know what they claim to
know?
 Do they claim through the result of a reliable
process?
-It increases the likelihood of claim to be true.

11. Bad ways that people use
when they claim to know things:
Someone told them.
Saw it on internet/TV.
Everyone knows it.
 not a reliable way to reach accurate
conclusion.
Good reasons/ways to know:
Knowing something from evidence is best way to
come to knowledge.
-logics, proofs….

12. Dunning Kruger Effect
 When one lack metacognitive tools to make
reliable judgments.
-Example:

13. Technique no.02
‘Counter Examples’
The odd numbers 3,5,7 are prime therefore, all odd numbers are
prime (False)
Everything natural is good for you. (False)
Where there is smoke, there is fire. (False)

14. Video 2:
How Not To Be Stupid:
A Guide To Critical Thinking

15. Technique no. 03
How could my belief be wrong?
What conditions have to be in place so my belief
could be an error?
Create possibility of Doubts.

16. Discussion
Are cellphones safe?
Do they cause brain tumor?

17. Video 3:
Cellphones cause brain tumor

18. Thank You