Week 1 B - What is Critical Thinking
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Key Concepts and Questions
As you read the text and work with the MindEdge Modules, you'll want to pay particularly close attention to the information regarding the following key concepts:
- Richard Paul and Linda Elder define critical thinking as "the art of thinking while thinking in order to make thinking better."
- Critical thinking involves analysis and evaluation of thought in order to improve the way we think.
- Even though Critical Thinking is useful to assess and evaluate the thinking of others, it ultimately is used to improve one's own thinking processes.
- Critical thinkers work to improve their thinking by:
- Analyzing it,
- Evaluating it, and
- Improving it
- Critical Thinking is:
- Self-directed
- Self-disciplined
- Self-monitored
- Self-corrective
- An effective critical thinker:
- Raises vital questions and problems
- Gathers and assesses relevant information
- Arrives at well-reasoned conclusions
- Communicates clearly and precisely with others
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