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Critical Thinking 7
Critical Thinking and Assessment
How can we assess critical thinking skills?
If we try to break down the idea of preparing
students for the world we live in, it is fair to say that
critical thinking is important in several ways.
For one, it helps students observe an object (fact,
person, data) from different points of view, like an
artist making sketches of a model from different
angles, observing every detail, discovering new
things at each new angle. That makes them get
out of their comfort zone and challenge their
preconceptions about the object (or even
misconceptions, depending on what they have
previously learned about it), and create new,
better-informed ones.
Critical thinking, or critical reasoning, is important to
employers because they want to see that when dealing
with an issue, you are able to make logical decisions
without involving emotions. Being able to look past
emotions will help you to be open-minded, confident,
and decisive—making your decisions more logical
and sound.
Critical thinking is used in several stages of the
problem-solving and decision-making process:
Defining the problem.
Selecting the relevant information to solve the problem
Recognizing the assumptions that are both written and
implied in the text.
Creating hypotheses and selecting the most relevant
and credible solutions.
Reaching valid conclusions and judging the validity
of inferences.
As there are various forms of critical thinking, we've
provided a number of critical thinking sample
questions.
This critical thinking skill is necessary for
metacognition, which is the fifth characteristic of
critical thinking. It involves knowing when others
have a cognitive bias and when you have one yourself.
Biases can influence how someone understands
the facts presented to them. But when you’re aware
of those biases, you can question yourself on those
biases and consider other points of view.
Identifying biases is especially important for people
who make hiring decisions. That’s because biases
against groups of minorities can lead to inequalities in
the workplace when not identified.
For example, imagine a hiring manager comparing
two resumes. Their gut feeling could guide them to
discount one of the resumes due to a bias against
the opposite gender. But let’s say this hiring
manager realizes they have this bias. They can then
question themselves on whether or not this bias is
influencing their judgment.
In the interpretation stage, you need to
read and analyze a paragraph of information,
then interpret a set of possible conclusions,
to see which one is correct. You are looking
for the conclusion that follows beyond
reasonable doubt.
Inference is the ability to draw conclusions
based on the information you have.
Without inference, it can be difficult to
take action once you’ve analyzed the
facts presented to you.
Processing information is key to coming
up with a reasoned judgment.
For example, let’s go back to the accountant
struggling to assign the correct category to
a business expense. They can analyze
other similar situations and infer the most
logical category based on that information.
In short, identification is necessary for
someone to realize that they need to
think critically about something. Without
proper identification skills, it will be
difficult for someone to know when it’s
time to analyze a situation.
For example, let’s say you’re entering
numbers in a spreadsheet. The numbers
aren’t coming out as they usually do.
Without identification skills, you could
easily keep going without realizing
there’s an issue. But when you identify
what’s going on, you can see that
something is broken in the
spreadsheet’s formula.
Only once you identify the fact that the
formula is broken can you start
analyzing what’s going on to solve the
issue.
Don’t be afraid to question everything and
explore what you’re curious about. That’s
because intellectual curiosity is a valuable skill,
especially when it comes to critical
thinking.
One way to practice curiosity is to adopt a
beginner’s mindset. When you come into every
situation with the mindset of a beginner,
you’re able to keep an open mind. You’ll
be able to perceive things you may not
have noticed when keeping your mind
closed.
Before you analyze facts and infer a conclusion, you
need to find out what those facts are. Researching
skills allow you to discover facts and figures to make
an argument.
Not all situations will have the required information
available to you. Researching skills are necessary
to dig into a situation and gather the information you
need to think critically.
Some situations don’t require further research. For
example, a first responder who arrives on the scene
of an automobile accident won’t perform further
research. They’ll have to analyze what they see in
front of them and decide which injuries are the most
urgent to care for.
On the other hand, someone performing a market
analysis will need to research competitors and
gather information before coming up with an opinion.
Not all information is equally pertinent. In order to
make a critical judgment, it’s important to be able to
judge the relevance of the information you have.
Take, for instance, basic online researching skills. You
have access to a plethora of information on virtually
every topic imaginable. But performing online research
requires you to constantly judge the relevance of what
you see.
Without judging relevance, you’d spend too much time
on details that don’t matter as much for the final
desired outcome. But when you’re able to discern
what’s most pertinent, you can give that information
more weight as you’re thinking critically.
1- Practice.
2-CLT Method.
3-Brain Storming
4- Conversation.
5-The teaching Tools.
6-Teacher and learner.
7- Shape of classroom.
8- Means of assessment.
9-Objectives & presentation.
10-Homogeneous VS Heterogeneous.
11-Lesson plan.
13-Elicitation.
14-Conversation.
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