Critical Thinking : Critical thinking is deciding rationally what to or what not to believe and is essential in problem-solving and decision-making. Articles explain the concept and how to think critically.


 

 

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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: 1221 )

The Critical Mind is A Questioning Mind

By n a - The key to powerful thinking is powerful questioning. When we ask the right questions, we succeed as a thinker, for questions are the force that powers our thinking. Thinking, at any point in time, can go off in thousands of different directions, some of which, by the way, are dead-ends. Questions define the agenda of our thinking. new (Added: 22-Mar-2006 Hits: 771 )

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 new (Added: 27-Sep-2006 Hits: 224 )

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. new (Added: 27-Sep-2006 Hits: 172 )

Sumner's Definition of Critical Thinking

By n a - The critical faculty is a product of education and training. It is a mental habit and power. It is a prime condition of human welfare that men and women should be trained in it. new (Added: 22-Mar-2006 Hits: 517 )

A Brief History of the Idea of Critical Thinking

By n a - To sum up, the tools and resources of the critical thinker have been vastly increased in virtue of the history of critical thought. Hundreds of thinkers have contributed to its development. Each major discipline has made some contribution to critical thought. Yet for most educational purposes, it is the summing up of base-line common denominators for critical thinking that is most important. Let us consider now that summation. new (Added: 22-Mar-2006 Hits: 628 )

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