Critical Thinkng Mastery: Day 1

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What is Critical Thinking? (Concept & Importance)

• ü Ability to think clearly and rationally, connecting ideas logically.
• ü Involves analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing information.
• ü Information comes from observation, experience, reasoning, or communication.
• ü Goes beyond memorization to encourage questioning, reflection, and reasoning.
• ü Helps in making informed decisions and solving problems.
• ü Focuses on being curious, open-minded, reflective, with healthy skepticism.
• ü Enables distinguishing between facts and opinions.
• ü Helps to identify biases and assess source credibility.
• ü Supports evaluating arguments based on evidence and logic.

 

importance of critical thinking, presented in single bullet points:

• Improved decision-making and quality decision.
• Enhanced problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication skills.
• Increased media literacy.
• Promotion of personal and professional growth.
• Greater adaptability/resiliency to change.
• Ability to identify and challenge assumptions.
• Development of intellectual curiosity.
• Strengthened reasoning and logic.
• Ability to evaluate evidence objectively.
• Reduction of susceptibility to manipulation.
• Fostering of independent thinking.
• Promotion of informed citizenship.

 

For Deeper understanding

Literal Questions

1.     What is critical thinking?

2.     List any three benefits of critical thinking.

3.     How does critical thinking help in decision-making?

Inferential Questions

4.     Why is distinguishing between facts and opinions important in critical thinking?

5.     How does critical thinking contribute to media literacy?

6.     What is the connection between critical thinking and problem-solving?

Evaluative Questions

7.     Do you think critical thinking is more important in personal life or professional life? Justify your answer.

8.     How can critical thinking help reduce susceptibility to manipulation?

9.     In your opinion, is intellectual curiosity a necessary part of critical thinking? Explain.

Creative Questions

10. Imagine you are teaching critical thinking to a group of students. What activity would you design to help them develop critical thinking skills?

11. Develop a checklist for evaluating the credibility of an online news article using critical thinking principles.

12. Think of a real-world situation where critical thinking is essential. How would you apply critical thinking skills to solve the issue?