Critical Thinking

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Critical Thinking
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Critical thinking is

• (a) identifying and solving problems
• (b) the skills listed in Blooms taxonomy
• (c) decision making about important issues
• (d) all of the above
• (e) none of the above

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Critical Thinking is

• The Process of determining the authenticity,
  accuracy and worth of information or knowledge
  claims
• Beyer, Barry K. Critical Thinking What is
  It? Social Education, 49, no. 4 (April 1985)
  270-276.

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Perrys Developmental Stages

• Dualism
• Multiplicity
• Relativism
• Commitment to Relativism

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Critical Thinking Model

• MECA/SM
• Means-Ends Critical Analysis of
• Subject Matter

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P Purpose
R Resources
A Activities
C Consequences
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Critical Thinking Example

• Washington
• North Dakota
• Maine
• Georgia