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Name:CRITICAL THINKING IN REVIEW
Critical Thinking Requires Evaluating the _____ of Your Thinking
Clarity
Accuracy
Precision
Relevance
Depth
Breadth
Logic
Significance
Definition of Critical Thinking…
Informed Decision-Making
Thinking About Thinking & How to Improve It
Actively Analysing, Synthesising, & Evaluating the Thinking Process
A Product of Education, Training, & Practice
Mental Habit & Power
Critical Thinking Requires Analytically Questioning…
Purpose
Concepts and Ideas
Assumptions
Point of View
Information
Inferences and Conclusions
The Research on Faculty Indicates…
89% Claim Critical Thinking is a Primary Objective
78% State Students Lack Critical Thinking Skills
19% Can Clearly Define “Critical Thinking”
9% Can Describe How to Teach Critical Thinking in their Discipline
8% Use Critical Thinking Standards in Their Assessment Techniques
Why Students (and Teachers) Don’t Critically Think…
Too Many Facts, Too Little Conceptualising
Too Much Memorising, Too Little Thinking
Lecture & Rote Memorisation Does Not Require Critical Thinking
Students Are Not “Trained” to Think
Critical Thinking is More Than Simple Engagement
“Life Comes at You Fast”
Instructional Design of Critical Thinking…
Knowledge & Understanding is Not Gained from Memorisation
Knowledge is Constructed from Critically Thinking
Link Critical Thinking Skills to Content
Intellectual Challenge is Focusing on Thinking Rather Than Facts
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