Critical thinking

Is the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to do or what to believe.
1. Includes the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking.
Intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully:
1. Conceptualizing
2. Applying
3. Analyzing
4. Synthesizing
5. As a guide to belief and action, evaluating information gathered from or generated by:
  1. Observation
  2. Experience
  3. Reflection
  4. Reasoning
  5. Communication
In its exemplary form, it is based on:
1. Universal intellectual values as:
  1. Clarity
  2. Accuracy
  3. Precision
  4. Consistency
  5. Relevance
  6. Sound evidence
  7. Good reasons
  8. Depth
  9. Breadth
  10. Fairness
Someone with critical thinking skills is able to:
1. Understand the logical connections between ideas.
2. Identify, construct and evaluate arguments.
3. Detect inconsistencies and common mistakes in reasoning.
4. Solve problems systematically.
5. Identify the relevance and importance of ideas.
6. Reflect on the justification of one's own beliefs and values.
This is not critical thinking:
1. Is not a matter of accumulating information.
2. A person with a good memory and who knows a lot of facts is not necessarily good at critical thinking.
Who is a good critical thinker?
1. Someone who is able to deduce consequences from what he knows.
2. Someone who knows how to make use of information to solve problems.
3. Someone who is able to seek relevant sources of information to inform himself.

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	Created by IVANA KARIME PERALTA OLIVARES almost 6 years ago