Please enable JavaScript.

Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.

CRITICAL THINKING - Coggle Diagram

- - - - PREDICTING
        
        making an educated guess about what the text is about before you start to read
      - SCANNING
        
        looking through the text very quickly to look for keywords
      - SKIMMING
        
        reading the introduction and the first line of each paragraph to work out what the text is about
      - INTENSIVE READING
        
        reading a short section of text slowly and carefully
- - - - Reading a journal article
        
        Why are these theories discussed?
        
        How was the research conducted?
        
        What are the alternative methods and theories?
      - Thinking through a problem
        
        How might one factor impact another?
        
        What if one factor is removed or altered?
        
        What are the contributing factors to the problem?
  - - - asks questions such as: What is this about? Is this relevant to me?
        
        How is this relevant to my assignment?
        
        What do I think about this?
        
        How does this compare to other research I have read?
  - - - Reading a journal article
        
        When was it written?
        
        What is it about?
        
        What is the aim of the article?
        
        Who wrote this?
      - Thinking through a problem
        
        What is this problem about?
        
        Who does it involve or affect?
        
        When and where is this happening?
- - - - need to go further and show why that theory is relevant.
    - - a critical writer will show how appropriate that method was.
    - - not only describe what happened, but also identify the significance of what happened.