Critical Thinking

What is Critical Thinking?

• Critiquing your brain

• Objective analysis

• Testing Skills

• Thinking in a critical way

Critical thinking is a talent.

• True

• False

You use critical thinking skills in everyday life

• True

• False

How important is critical thinking in the classroom?

• Not important

• Slightly important

• Very important

Problem solving goes hand-in-hand with

• self-awareness

• team work communication

• critical thinking

• flexibility

When do uncritical thinkers get defensive?

• When someone opposes them

• All the time

• Never

• When someone agrees with them

With which situations can critical thinking help?

• Personal

• School related

• All of the above

• Work related

Critical thinking

• has purpose

• interprets meaning

• solves problems

• all above

Inference as a core critical thinking skill is to identify elements needed to draw reasonable conclusion

• false

• true

What is one advantage of critical thinking?

• It’s a process that helps us make only large, important decisions
• BIt’s a process that helps us make only small, unimportant decisions
• It’s a process that helps us create hidden issues, bias and manipulation
• It’s a process that helps us reveal hidden issues, bias and manipulation