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Career and Job Success Public Library: Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is a fundamental career skill these days, where we are overwhelmed with information, and have to decide what is accurate, and what is not. Simply, people with critical thinking skills are more valuable to an employer than those who lack those skills. This section is about thinking critically.

Critical Thinking Through Re-Writing Comics

By John Pereira - If you are unfamiliar with the concept of critical thinking you will be interested in reading this article. According to the author, "Take a non-linear story in a picture-word format, and ask your students to re-write it in as linear a way as is possible, and, what do we get? An exercise in critical thinking." Two good examples of this transformation are provided. (Added: 27-Sep-2006 Hits: 844 )

Becoming a Critic Of Your Thinking

By na - There is nothing more practical than sound thinking. No matter what your circumstance or goals, no matter where you are, or what problems you face, you are better off if your thinking is skilled. As a manager, leader, employee, citizen, lover, friend, parent � in every realm and situation of your life � good thinking pays off. Poor thinking, in turn, inevitably causes problems, wastes time and energy, engenders frustration and pain. We all have multiple choices to make. We need the best information to make the best choices. (Added: 5-Dec-2011 Hits: 113 )

Incorporating Critical Thinking Skills Development into ESL/EFL Courses

By Andy Halvorsen - Critical thinking is not an easy concept to define as it can mean quite different things to different people in different contexts and cultures. This article is intended to help teachers who are interested in developing and encouraging critical thought in their language classrooms. (Added: 27-Sep-2006 Hits: 920 )

Decision Making Without Critical Thinking

By n a - Decision making without critical thinking is how we used to do it. Decision making without critical thinking may seem ridiculous when you think about it. Because nowadays, thinking is something we do a lot of. To be able to think is valued in our society. In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking that most people only exist from the neck up! (Added: 6-Dec-2006 Hits: 1285 )

Critical Thinking Field Guide (Skeptical Inquirer Winter 1990)

By James Lett - Critical thinking is discussed in relationship to paranormal and occult claims. A quote: "The six rules of evidential reasoning are my own distillation and simplification of the scientific method. To make it easier for students to remember these half-dozen guidelines, I've coined an acronym for them: Ignoring the vowels, the letters in the word "FiLCHeRS" stand for the rules of Falsifiability, Logic, Comprehensiveness, Honesty, Replicability, and Sufficiency. Apply these six rules to the evidence offered for any claim, I tell my students, and no one will ever be able to sneak up on you and steal your belief. You'll be filch-proof." (Added: 6-Oct-2003 Hits: 2029 )

Applying Critical Thinking- An Important Survival Skill

By Robert Bacal - In order to think more critically, we must be willing to identify and explore our own emotional positions on issues, and our biases and "perceptual goggles". Interestingly enough increasing our own awareness of these factors with respect to particular problems helps us avoid ineffective decisions, while at the same time, helping us learn about ourselves ^{Most Read} (Added: 14-Oct-2000 Hits: 13106 )

Scientific American: Baloney Detection -- How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience, Part I

By Michael Shermer - I then explain that we need to check things out for ourselves and, short of that, at least to ask basic questions that get to the heart of the validity of any claim. This is what I call baloney detection, in deference to Carl Sagan, who coined the phrase "Baloney Detection Kit." To detect baloney--that is, to help discriminate between science and pseudoscience--I suggest 10 questions to ask when encountering any claim (Added: 6-Oct-2003 Hits: 1650 )

Defining Critical Thinking

By na - Critical thinking is a rich concept that has been developing throughout the past 2500 years. The term "critical thinking" has its roots in the mid-late 20th century. We offer here overlapping definitions, together which form a substantive, transdisciplinary conception of critical thinking. (Added: 5-Dec-2011 Hits: 83 )

Critical Thinking Skills Dimensions

By NA - Paul, Binker, Jensen, and Kreklau (1990) have developed a list of 35 dimensions of critical thought. They are listed here. (Added: 5-Aug-2003 Hits: 2664 )

The Critical Thinking Company - Articles

By Robert H. Ennis - Assuming that critical thinking is reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do, this article breaks down critical thinking into very specific sub-components. Excellent. (Added: 6-Oct-2003 Hits: 3093 )

Distinguishing Between Inferences and Assumptions

By na - To be skilled in critical thinking is to be able to take one�s thinking apart systematically, to analyze each part, assess it for quality and then improve it. The first step in this process is understanding the parts of thinking, or elements of reasoning. These elements are: purpose, question, information, inference, assumption, point of view, concepts, and implications. They are present in the mind whenever we reason. (Added: 5-Dec-2011 Hits: 67 )

Let Your Students Teach Their Class

By Naoyoshi Ogawa - This paper presents a step-by-step description of a student-centered teaching technique for assisting students to a higher skill level by challenging them to teach their class. First, as a foundation for the technique, four topics of current theoretical interest are introduced: Neo-Vygotskian learning theory; research on the application of cognitive psychology to education; evaluation of communication strategies; and teachers' reports as instruments of assessment (Added: 27-Sep-2006 Hits: 890 )

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