...I often think of critical thinking as when someone is thinking very clear with complex ideas. They think about what to do and what to believe. Critical thinking involves you analyzing concepts deeply as on the other hand just regular thinking doesn’t cause you to think much. It is more to critical thinking than just using common sense. I think someone with critical thinking skills are able to understand connections between ideas. Critical thinking in my own words are seeing as a discipline process or organizing and synthesizing information to evaluate the information appropriately. Conceptualizing is a form of an idea or picture in your mind. I think that this word relates to critical thinking because even though you are trying to picture an idea in your mind, you still have to consider that you are using some form of thinking skill. Conceptualizing is still a form of thinking through and seeing beyond ideas of your own mind. Some ways to explain the meaning of conceptualizing is thinking for yourself, bringing new ideas to life, creative thoughts and seeing things fresh. Next, analyzing is to critically examine and to separate a material or abstract entity into constituent parts or element. Another definition of analyzing that I was better able to understand is breaking down the text or problem that you are examining in order to understand each individual part. Analysis is like breaking down a chemical to look deeper into the individual compounds that...
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...Critical Thinking in the Workplace Critical Thinking in the Workplace There is an art and craft to critical thinking and understanding the process can be very overwhelming. According to Paul & Edler, “Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving” (p. 4). Retaining employees who use critical thinking skills in the workplace is vital for an organization to be successful. Critical thinking helps to improve the decision making process that occurs in the workplace. When staff use critical thinking skills they are better equipped to rationalize the situation presented and deal with it accordingly. When a person can identify, analyze, and evaluate a problem before creating a solution they are thinking critically. This paper will explore critical thinking in the workplace and how thinking challenges can obscure the process of critical thinking. Most people process their thinking based on how and where they were raised, their religious beliefs, values, and ethics. Critical thinking involves analyzing and evaluating ones thoughts while eliminating all the biases one may have acquired overtime. When critical thinking skills are practiced in the workplace mistakes are normally at a minimal. Critical thinking allows employees to make decisions in a clear and concise manner. In the workplace today, most organizations are successful as a result of employing personnel who possess critical thinking skills or by training staff on...
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...Critical Thinking and Its Importance in Education By Kadoko Chanda 1. Introduction Technology, travel and business have brought countries together, so does our thinking evolve. No more thinking within our boundaries, we need critical thinking to evaluate our own decisions in everything we do. For example, how do you teach students without discriminating their beliefs or religion? How do we start a business in a country with different laws from ours and still incorporate our business values? So, what is critical thinking? 2. What is Critical Thinking? Critical thinking according to Hamilton-Reeves (2009) is the process of filtering information by removing emotional and environmental discrepancies and remaining neutral to make the most accurate decision. On the other hand Elder and Paul (1994, pp.34-35) believes critical thinking is the "ability of thinkers to take charge of their own thinking by developing sound criteria and standards for analyzing and assessing" information to make an informed decision. Lastly, critical thinking from a general psychology point of view is analyzing ones standards, facts and assessing conclusions (Petress, 2004). From the above analysis, it is apparent that critical thinking is a process that guides ones logical decision making process by analyzing all possible information before making a decision, therefore reducing the chances of making quick and unethical decisions. According to Hamilton-Reeves (2009), critical thinking improves your...
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...The Art of Thinking Critically In order to be an effective leader you must first learn how to be an effective communicator. The heart and soul of learning effective communication is called critical thinking. When this logic is applied to everyday leadership practices, critical thinkers become aware of their own beliefs, experiences and biases. This enables them to think beyond these barriers. So, how does one learn to utilize critical thinking? How does critical thinking lead to effective communication and leadership? For the duration of this essay, the answer to these questions will be answered through the exploration of credible materials and sources (journals, websites and ebooks) utilizing the CSU-Global Library and websites. Credibility:...
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...Education the first level of thinking I noticed was that of Knowledge(Evaluating) because the task in which the teacher was presenting require different cognitive strategies. The teacher showed students a picture of the block center as well as the art center. She then demonstrated her purpose of the picture to the student by pulling a marker out of the bag asking them where they think it should go. After the teacher saw that the student had grasp the concept of knowledge she provided each of them the opportunity to collect an item from the bag. Meanwhile, during the process of small group the teacher ask question about other selected item the children used that also required them to think. The students developed their knowledge of different learning and thinking strategies as well as their use. In the second videoTechnology in Early Childhood Family Education Classrooms the next level of thinking I noticed was Analyzing where the teacher used the smart board of breaking knowledge into components and determine the relationship of the components to one another such as the schedule that required the students to think about green choices at circle time that require the students to come uo and find their name, and how they related to the overall structure of holding their attention for half an hour where they come up and do and hear things on the smart board. The finally video Introduction to Large Group I noticed the level of Creating thinking to build a sense of community...
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...Jennifer Alexander is my name, however, family and friends call me Jen. Besides, I chose to continue my education to receive my bachelors than to excel towards an MBA, so one day I can own several businesses. Although, I am a single parent with three amazing boys ranging from 7 to 16 years old, who keeps me busy, but would not change it for the world. In my leisure time I enjoy an exquisite cup of tea, listening to music, reading and writing stories, and just listening to the boys being silly and comical. Critical thinking lies in ensuring that you are capable of utilizing your best thinking in any given circumstance (Paul & Elder, 2012, p.7). Regarding an article I read which was distinguishing the effects of critical thinking on problem-solving...
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...Saturday, May 19th 2012 Hum/111 – Instructor K. Moore Week 9 Assignment: Personal Reflection Paper Critical thinking is when you use logical thinking process to evaluate things such as decisions, readings and much more. Critical thinking is developed as a person ages and the brain is introduced to critical thinking skills in order to effectively form the final tool of critical thinking. It may not be used as much if a person doesn’t employ the skills that they have been taught. How critical thinking differs from the usual thinking is the fact that there is depth. The three most significant things that I learned about critical thinking during this class are that it aides’ creative thinking, helps you better analyze things and it impacts the decisions you make. Creative thinking is aided by critical thinking because it assists in the thinking department and helps get the juices flowing when it comes to creating ideas because you have to evaluate them to see if they are worthy. Analyzing a situation wouldn’t be the same if you didn’t have critical thinking to help. When analyzing an idea or decision, critical thinking helps you answer those what, when, why and how questions that require an answer. Critical thinking impacts the decisions you make because if you don’t think critically you may find yourself in a whirlwind of confusion and frustration. When you are using critical thinking you will either get a positive result or a negative result. If you get a positive result then you...
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...Splash Media, 2 years ago Thanks for sharing Zaid. Your presentation played a key part in a video about critical thinking that I just published. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-85-j7Nr9i4 chuchad at chuchad, 2 years ago Thank you for sharing. This presentation is very useful. ommeone 2 years ago Thank you for sharing the great ideas of critical thinking. It really helps me on doing my thesis. Patti Waterbury, Founder/President at Creative Growth Strategies, Inc., 2 years ago Thank you for sharing...excellent content. Comments 1 - 10 of 21 comments next Embed Video Subscribe to comments Post Comment Speaker Notes on slide 28 98 Favorites Karori International Ventures Limited at Karori International Ventures Limited, 1 month ago Tags creative thinking Greg Williams, instructional designer, eLearning developer, professor, trainer, consultant at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1 month ago Wagner Rezende, Professor at UFG, 2 months ago osupa01 3 months ago Monica Giovanovich, capacitacion, comunicacion, recursos humanos at Independiente, 4 months ago asaito 6 months ago Tags critical thinking weme 6 months ago chiggsy 6 months ago celestwoo 8 months ago Shashidhar Venkatesh Murthy, Associate Professor & Head of Pathology at School of Medicine, James Cook University QLD 4811 AUSTRALIA, 8 months ago more Introduction to Critical Thinking -...
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...Stages of Critical Thinking Part 1: Stages of Critical Thinking Complete the matrix by identifying the four beginning stages of critical thinking as detailed in Critical Thinking. Stages of critical thinking | Stage description | The Unreflective Thinker | The unreflective thinker stage is a crucial stage for a critical thinker. At this stage your critical thinking skills are very weak and unclear. You do not understand your thoughts and do not know how to process them. It highly known to make wrong decision and bad assumption at this stage. | The Challenged Thinker | The challenged thinker stage is a little bit better than being at the unreflective thinker stage. At this stage you can possibly point out issues or see a problem in a specific case but do not know where to start to star analyzing as well as solving the problem at hand. You possibly have problems making a good decision based on not knowing how think the issue through and make the right choice. | The Beginning Thinker | The beginning thinker is one who has discovered a way to use their skills for their own advantage. You have developed thinking habits that lead to a possibly right decision. You can challenge your thoughts as well as evaluate and reevaluate them at this stage. | The Practicing Thinker | The practicing thinker is one who has recognized all their strong points and is practicing good thinking habits to make them better. At this particular stage, your thoughts are clear and precise....
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...PATRICIA PINNOCK MGT/350 February 15, 2012 MR. PITTER The purpose of this paper will be to describe critical thinking and examine how critical thinking skills can be used to foster solutions to universal problem solving. Michael Scriven & Richard Paul define critical thinking as “the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action” (Critical Thinking Community, para. 3, 2009). Using critical thinking skills allows people to construct the best solution in all circumstances. Critical thinking skills are developed by analyzing conscious thought to develop rational solutions to problems. Most decisions are with immediate gratification in mind, long term decision-making requires reflection and critical thought (Paul & Elder, 2006). People who make irrational decision fail to use critical thinking to devise solutions. Using critical thinking skills allows people to make decisions that yield the best possible solution based on a given set of alternatives. Thinking critical requires the development of specialize thought processes. Critical thinkers are able to evaluate, reason, and identify the best solution. Personal Critical Thinking Experience Two days ago, I was faced with situation that required me to come forth with the management team to make...
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...Summary of Skills The contributing skills to our teams professional review includes, but is not limited to the following: Communication: both verbal and non-verbal, being on time, being well-organized, being dependable and professional, trustworthy, observant, detail-oriented, Tech savvy, being able to make decisions, Critical and Rational thinkers, the ability to lead and be led, self-starter, empathetic, and a fast learner. While team member skills surpass these list, these are the skills that are repetitious and can be linked to each person. Communication whether verbal or non-verbal are both essential to any form of communication. Without communication the door of understanding remains closed. Communication is necessary in any and every type of relationship, whether it be personal or professional. Critical Thinking is actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information that has been gathered, and then observing and coming to an understanding or decision. It’s about processing the information obtained, and analyzing through thought process for the reason at hand. Being able to lead without being told, and being a self-starter is essential as well, especially in a growing and positive work environment. Being detail oriented, paying attention to even the smallest of things can be a great asset to any company. This can lead to catching minor mistakes can save a company both money and time. Alongside these skills, especially...
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...Running head: DECISION MAKING PAPER Decision Making Paper University Of Phoenix Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision Making March 20, 2011 Decision Making Paper Critical thinking has several different ways that help one come to a decision. While you are in the process of critical thinking, you do not even realize you are going through the different processes. The fact is, you are. Logical, scientific, and persuasive thinking are the three main types of critical thinking that will be compared. The first type of critical thinking is logical thinking. Again, you do not even realize that you are in the “logic” phase at the time. Thinking just happens. According to dictionary.com, logic is, “The science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.” In laymen’s terms, this means the way you come up with a solution to a problem, the process in which you take to get from point A to point B. Logical thinking is a process that can be learned to excel in thinking skills in this area. Some are born with a stronger grasp on their logical thinking than others. An example of this is math. (“Logical Thinking,” para 5) Not everyone is good at math. Some have a hard time wrapping their brain around an equation. Others just get it. The second type of critical thinking is scientific thinking. This type of thinking is more defined, much like a scientific experiment. With an experiment, there is observations, recording, organizing...
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...LIMITED DOWNLOAD COPY The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking C onCepts and t ools By Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda Elder The Foundation for Critical Thinking www.criticalthinking.org 707-878-9100 cct@criticalthinking.org LIMITED DOWNLOAD COPY Why A Critical Thinking Mini-Guide? This miniature guide focuses on of the essence of critical thinking concepts and tools distilled into pocket size. For faculty it provides a shared concept of critical thinking. For students it is a critical thinking supplement to any textbook for any course. Faculty can use it to design instruction, assignments, and tests in any subject. Students can use it to improve their learning in any content area. Its generic skills apply to all subjects. For example, critical thinkers are clear as to the purpose at hand and the question at issue. They question information, conclusions, and points of view. They strive to be clear, accurate, precise, and relevant. They seek to think beneath the surface, to be logical, and fair. They apply these skills to their reading and writing as well as to their speaking and listening. They apply them in history, science, math, philosophy, and the arts; in professional and personal life. When this guide is used as a supplement to the textbook in multiple courses, students begin to perceive the usefulness of critical thinking in every domain of learning. And if their instructors provide examples of the application of the subject to daily life, students...
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...Research Process and Terminology Paper Tomanika Nicholson December 12, 2012 CJA/334 Christopher Franks Research Process and Terminology Paper Introduction This essay will discuss four main topics, which are terminology I learned for the reading, how will the terminology and knowledge apply to a career in criminal justice, how can the knowing proper terminology affect me as I conduct criminal justice research and how will knowing these terms be an asset to me when evaluating and analyzing research studies. Terminology I learned from reading I will include terms for chapter one and chapter two. I will define what the terms I learned mean and how I perceived them. I will define the terms that I learned from chapter one first. There were many terms that was new to me that I have never heard before, however, I will only define three terms form chapter one. The first word I will define is “Historicism,” which means a theory that events are determined or influenced by conditions and inherent processes beyond the control of humans (thefreedictictionary, 2012). My belief of this meaning is that something takes place out of the human control such as ghost or the supernatural. The second word is “Scientism,” which means, the belief that the assumptions, methods of research, of the physical and biological sciences are equally appropriate and essential to all other disciplines, including the humanities and the social sciences (dictionary.reference, 2012). My belief of this meaning...
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...watching their shows or listening to their radio channel; and even post-secondary institutions advertise the myriad of opportunities we can get after graduating from their school. Many of these persuasions are used in ways that are deliberately misleading to sell you something. With the countless of things going on, how would you be able to know what to buy, or where to go? It is not difficult to be deceived in a society that depends on persuasion. The defence against these raids of misleading pitches is critical thinking. Critical thinking is a valuable skill that is not only useful in the classroom but also in every day context. It involves careful judgment before jumping to a conclusion and it helps us determine whether something is worth believing. In the next section, we consider three approaches that can help improve critical thinking. Accordingly, we will discuss weighing the evidence, identifying bias and slanted writing, and identifying fallacies in regards to analyzing arguments. Weighing evidence Our decisions to accept a proposition is usually dependent on how we evaluate the source of the information (Halpern, 2014). When the premises have credible sources or familiar sources, people are more likely to accept the conclusion as true than when it is not. However, this is also true when no good evidence is presented - It just needs to sound like it does. Consider all the commercials you have ever watched, and try to think of the ones that tempted you to buy the product...
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