An Introduction to Critical Thinking - 12 views
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"It is strange that we expect students to learn, yet seldom teach them anything about learning."
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"Many 17-year-olds do not possess the 'higher-order' intellectual skills we should expect of them. Nearly 40 percent cannot draw inferences from written material; only one-fifth can write a persuasive essay; and only one-third can solve a mathematics problem requiring several steps."
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Critical thinking can be described as the scientific method applied by ordinary people to the ordinary world.
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Critical thinking is a learned ability that must be taught. Most individuals never learn it. Critical thinking cannot be taught reliably to students by peers or by most parents. Trained and knowledgable instructors are necessary to impart the proper information and skills.
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Critical thinking means correct thinking in the pursuit of relevant and reliable knowledge about the world.