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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.


Accentuating the Positive in Critical Thinking

By Robert H. Ennis - In his interesting and stimulating paper, Peter Carbone argues that political empowerment of parents, which is a goal for both conservatives and many in the new left, is incompatible with the goal of critical thinking, which also is a goal at least for many in the new left. In order to sustain this point, he takes a strong sense of critical thinking, to use Richard Paul's term, and cites a number of instances of parental opposition... (Added: 17-Nov-2003 Hits: 1919 )

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: 2650 )

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: 13043 )

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: 905 )

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. new (Added: 5-Dec-2011 Hits: 76 )

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: 2004 )

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: 3075 )

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: 835 )

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