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Critical Thinking, : - Coggle Diagram
Critical Thinking
Critical thinking in
writing
Be clear about your position on the issue
Be clear about your conclusions
Construct a clear line of reasoning
Take multiple perspectives
Analyse your own work critically
Use evidence to support your reasoning
Critical thinking in
reading
Identify the line of reasoning
Leading to conclusions
Backed up by evidence and examples
Critically evaluate the line of reasoning
Relevant and sufficient prepositions
Logical progression
Begins from a premise
Follows in logical stages
Leads to a conclusion that follows directly from what has gone before
False premises, flawed reasoning
Assuming a casual connection
Drawing general conclusions based on one or few examples
Innapropriate comparisons
Question surface appearances
Identify & evaluate the evidence in the text
What
characterises
critical thinking?
Critical thinking
exercise impartiality
weigh up opposing point of view
recognise influences on our thinking
synthesise information to create our own position
draw conclusions with integrity
Critical analytical thinking
standing back from the info given
checking closely whether it is accurate
checking for hidden assumptions
Critical self-awareness
Essential to good critical thinking
Creativity and criticality
Critical thinking in
listening
Listening to audio material
Focus on the line of reasoning
Question closely what you hear
Prepare in advance
Evaluate the evidence
Don't be swayed unduly by:
the speaker's celebrity, role or job
impressive verbal fluency or vocabulary
the passion of the speaker
clever phrasing or use of humour
use of possibly irrelevant facts or data
repetition to emphasise some points at the expense of others
speakers hopping between topics
interviewers' use of unfair questioning techniques
Content over style
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