Critical Thinking

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Critical Thinking
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Critical Thinking goes beyond

• Facts and verifiable matters
• Who,
• What,
• Where,
• When, and
• sometimes Why

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Critical Thinking

• Is the ability to
• Make careful judgments
• Sensible evaluations, and
• Sound opinions

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Critical Thinking

• Does not rely on emotion
• Does not involve only one aspect
• Does involve all aspects of life

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Critical Thinking Is

• Thinking through thinks in a logical manner
• Forming inferences or conclusions
• Making careful judgments and sensible evaluations
• Determining your own core values
• Forming a reasonable opinion

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Critical Thinking Is

• Evaluation the big picture
• Placing a value on something after carefully
  studying it
• Making well-founded decisions

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Preparing for Critical Thinking

• Brainstorming (explore new ideas)
• Approach the problem for several perspectives
• Chart each perspective according to its
• Benefits
• Limitations
• Consequences
• Cost
• Timing

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Critical Thinking Steps

• Identify the problem?
• List everything you know about the problem
• List everything you do not know about the
  problem
• Know your choices
• Think about the positives and negatives of each
  choice

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• Rank the choices from best to worst
• Pick the choice that is best for you
• Study what the consequences may be after you
  select the choice
• Ask whether your are happy about the choice
• Ask whether you would make the choice again