...Critical Thinking Reflection HUM/114 October 12, 2015 Brandi Rowley Critical Thinking Reflection The three lessons that I have learned from this course are, the Eight Steps Process to Becoming a Better Critical Thinker, Barriers to Critical Thinking, and the Five-Step Model of Problem Solving. The Eight-Step Process to Becoming a Better Critical Thinker The Eight Step process to becoming a better critical thinker is important, before this class, I really did not think that there was a process to something that I already knew/did. When working on the process of becoming a better critical thinker, it should be a good idea, to carry around a notepad. This way you can research. The first step is to recognize the need to improve your critical thinking. The second step is recognizing what barriers prevent me from developing the critical thinking skills. The third step, is trying to find out how I can modify or replace them. The fourth step is determining the reliability of the source. Fifth step is to determine the credibility of the source. Sixth step understands the steps for problem solving. The seventh reason is applying problem solving skills to your everyday life. The eight step, should lead you towards becoming a better critical thinker. Barriers to critical thinking The second lesson that I learned in this course, is the barriers there are against Critical Thinkers. Learning about what can prevent me from becoming a critical thinking...
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...Level Material Appendix A Stages of Critical Thinking Complete the matrix by identifying the six stages of critical thinking, describing how to move from each stage to the next, and listing obstacles you may face as you move to the next stage of critical thinking. |Stages of Critical Thinking |How to Move to the Next Stage |Obstacles to Moving to the Next Stage | |EXAMPLE: | | | | |Examine my thinking to identify problems |Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of| |The Unreflective Thinker |that affect my thinking. |my thinking | | | | | |The Challenged Thinker |Determine the role of thinking in my life |Taking control of thinking across multiple | | |and problems coming from poor thinking. |domains of my life. | | | |Recognize the importance of developing as a| |The Beginning Thinker |Establish habits needed in order to take |thinker, finding ways to develop, and | | ...
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...Browden What is critical thinking? Critical thinking is the identification and evaluation of evidence to guide decision making. A critical thinker used broad in depth analysis of evidence to make decision and communicate his or her beliefs clearly and accurately. You can say that it is described as “thinking about thinking.” It has also been described in more detail as: “the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, apply, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action" (Scriven, M., and Paul, R.W 1987). The three most significant things that I have learned about critical thinking during this class are the stages theory. The stages are unreflective thinker, challenged thinker, beginning thinker, practicing thinker, advanced thinker and final the master thinker. The three that I am going to focus on are unreflective thinker, beginning thinker and the master thinker. The unreflective thinker are largely unaware of the determining role that thinking is playing in their lives and of the many ways that problems in thinking are causing problems in their live. Prejudices and misconception often undermine the thoughts of an unreflective thinker. Then there is the beginning thinker which I am very familiar with because I was one and may be still a beginning thinker. Beginning thinkers are actively taking...
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...Week 5 Individual Reflection Paper HUM/114 September 17th, 2012 Critical thinking is an ability that is essential in order for a person to make educated decisions. A critical thinker is open to unconventional solutions and seeks to be well informed of credible information sources. This is crucial when attempting to draw a conclusion based on facts and all aspects of the situation at hand. It is important to acknowledge assumptions, reasons, and conclusions while critically thinking. The critical thinker also produces hypothesis and can support their point with a knowledgeable argument. Considering the trustworthiness of information sources is an extremely important portion of the critical thinking progression. It would be problematic to construct a knowledgeable decision if the specifics were incorrect or irrelevant to the setting. Asking the appropriate clarifying questions is another vital step in critical thinking. By establishing a purpose to the thought, an individual can determine which direction the effect will yield. Establishing a conceivable hypothesis is conventionally the result and end-goal of critical thinking. This is the product of gathering credible information, asking the appropriate questions, controlling uneducated assumptions, and determining a purpose for the research. This course has helped me define and utilize critical thinking in everyday tasks. I now look at things a little more in-depth, even if I do not want to come to a conclusion....
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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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...A Stages of Critical Thinking Complete the matrix by identifying the six stages of critical thinking, describing how to move from each stage to the next, and listing obstacles you may face as you move to the next stage of critical thinking. Stages of Critical Thinking | How to Move to the Next Stage | Obstacles to Moving to the Next Stage | EXAMPLE:The Unreflective Thinker | Examine my thinking to identify problems that affect my thinking. | Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of my thinking | The Challenged Thinker | Becoming aware of my problems in my thinking | Egocentric defensiveness, intellectual arrogance, rationalization, and self-deception may lead the thinker to dismiss or avoid facing the challenge at this stage. | The Beginning Thinker | Try to improve but without regular practice | Egocentric defensiveness, intellectual, arrogance, rationalization, and self-deception may lead the thinker to dismiss or avoid facing the challenge at this stage. | The Practice Thinker | Recognize the necessity of regular practice | Egocentric defensiveness, intellectual arrogance, rationalization, and self-deception may lead the thinker to dismiss or avoid facing the challenge at this stage. | The Advance Thinker | We advance in accordance with our practice | Egocentric defensiveness, intellectual arrogance, rationalization, and self-deception may lead the thinker to dismiss or avoid facing the challenge at this stage. | The Master Thinker | Using the skills...
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...Hum/111 January 27, 2013 Sean Brinker Reflection on What I have Learned in This Course Have you ever thought about the critical thinking process? Very seldom does anyone think about if they are using their critical thinking skills or not. I have learned that I did not effectively use critical thinking, and I also learned how to use my critical thinking skills in order to help me think more clearly. Critical thinking is something everyone needs to be aware of and also they need to learn how to improve their critical thinking skills. When using critical thinking, someone is self-guided and self-disciplined in thinking that tries to take their level of reasoning that is done naturally to a higher level of thinking. It is also a goal to improve someone’s thought process by analyzing and evaluating information and situations. The three most significant things that I have learned in this class have been how to redefine the way I see things. I have started looking at situations from other people’s perspective so that I can have a better understanding of how they view things. Before I started this class I always thought my ideas were right and no one could tell me otherwise. The second thing I have learned is instead of playing on the computer and such I could reflect on my day. I have been working on this and it has helped in my critical thinking process. The third thing I have learned is to keep an intellectual journal of things that have happened in my day. I have...
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...conclusions to which it tends. (Dewey, 1909) Cassandra L. Hamel Cassandra L. Hamel My Personal Reflection HUM/114 University of Phoenix Maya Chapman October 22, 2012 My Personal Reflection HUM/114 University of Phoenix Maya Chapman October 22, 2012 There are many ways to describe critical thinking her are some of the ways some of the great thinkers of the past describe it, "For myself, I found that I was fitted for nothing so well as for the study of Truth; as having a mind nimble and versatile enough to catch the resemblances of things... and at the same time steady enough to fix and distinguish their subtler differences; as being gifted by nature with desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and as being a man that neither affects what is new nor admires what is old, and that hates every kind of imposture."(Sir Francis Bacon). "Critical thinking is the examination and test of propositions of any kind which are offered for acceptance, in order to find out whether they correspond to reality or not. The critical faculty is a product of education and training. It is a mental habit and power. It is a prime condition of human welfare that men and women should be trained in it. It is our only guarantee against delusion, deception, superstition, and misapprehension of ourselves and our earthly circumstances."(William Graham Sumner). Both of...
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...Stages of Critical Thinking HUM/111 7-7-13 Stages of Critical Thinking Critical thinking has always been part of my life. Ever since I could remember I have always been somewhat of an over thinker. I have always analyzed the consequences to most of my decisions. I have never been the type to say, “I am going for it no matter what happens.” I often found myself being asked for advice from most of my friend’s throughout school. I was what they would call the responsible one. If I had to identify the critical thinking stage I believe I am in I would have to say I am the beginning thinker. I do not want to consider myself too advance in my thinking because I still find problems in my critical thinking. The characteristics of a Beginner Thinker are where I consider myself to be now, “I can recognize mistakes in my thinking and recognize when I am being egocentric. I can also recognize egocentric in other and understand that the quality of my life is the quality of my thinking (Elder, 1996).” Critical thinking is described as, “self-guided, self-disciplined thinking that aims to take the reasoning we all do naturally to a higher level (Elder, 2009).” If I had to identify the critical thinking stage I believe I am in I would have to say I am the beginning thinker. I still find problems in my critical thinking. The characteristic of a Beginner Thinker is where I consider myself to be now, “I can recognize mistakes in my thinking and recognize when I am being egocentric. I...
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...Critical thinking lafe Johnson HUM/114 March 25, 2013 Dr. Barbara Johnson What is critical thinking? Creative thinking is going beyond thinking, applying curiosity, examining an idea from a different perspective, also learning to increase the awareness of problems from different angles. The first day I came in class, Hum/114, I had no clue that thinking creatively would help me make wise decisions, step back, and objectively observe without prejudging or resisting the problem, regain curiosity, and applying it to daily use. Think of new ideas that are mentally reactive rather than active. Examine, think, and then ask the question. Also a life-changing step back and objectively observe myself without prejudging how something should be, deceiving myself about the effectiveness of my thinking. Knowing the problems that affect my thinking is to experience peace; it is a life-changing experience. I have had to step back and observe beginning thinker and to move forward to practicing thinker, make a habit of improving the way we think and talk. Beginning thinker has too many things going on at once. My life is becoming full of drama since I am learning the correct the way of thinking. Practicing thinker where I place myself. Thinking ahead and planning things out all the way, no matter how big or small it may be. The circle requires that we reflect honestly on ourselves and that we notice problems in our thinking. That is more often...
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...Doctoral Identity For years researchers have study the change in the identity of the doctoral student through their social and academic environments. It is believed that their identity has been developed by the educational environment where they studied, and that the introduction of the Internet created a community of change. Distance education was introduced and the opportunity to teach critical thinking strategies was becoming the norm of the classrooms. Today socialization is the main force in the development of one’s academic identity, the role of the scholar and becoming critical thinkers. Presented in this paper is a comparative analysis of three articles: “Socialization of Doctoral Students to Academic Norms” by Weidman and Stein (2003); “Developmental networks and learning: toward an interdisciplinary perspective on identity development during doctoral study” by Baker and Lattuca (2010); and “Critical thinking distance education and traditional education” by Visser, Visser and Schlosser (2003). Comparison of Research Questions The three articles studied presented a look at the relationships between the faculty instructors and the students and what can be done to help in the socialization of the students. Article one ask the question regarding the preparation of the students for a scholarly role or the role that a student is expected to have after they have earned their doctorate degree. It explores the socialization of the doctoral student to the academic norms of...
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...University of Phoenix Material 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. *definations have been taken from the textbook. |Stages of critical thinking |Stage description | |Stage1: The Unreflective Thinker |We are unaware of significant problems in our thinking. | | |We don’t notice we are continually making assumptions, forming concepts and opinions,| | |drawing inferences, and thinking within points of view. | | |Our egocentric tendencies at this stage play a dominant role in our thinking. | | |We lack the skills and motivation to notice how self-centered and prejudiced we are. | |Stage 2: The Challenged Thinker |We become aware of problems in our thinking | | |We begin to notice that we | | |Make questionable assumptions | | ...
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...------------------------------------------------- How can Critical thinking be developed Abdullah Mohammed October 21, 2015 Critical thinking Introduction Though most teachers aspire to make critical thinking a primary objective of their instruction, most also do not realize that, to develop as thinkers, students must pass through stages of development in critical thinking. That is, most teachers are unaware of the levels of intellectual development that people go through as they improve as thinkers. Most of us are not what we could be. We are less. We have great capacity. But most of it is dormant; most is undeveloped. Improvement in thinking is like improvement in basketball, in ballet, or in playing the saxophone. It is unlikely to take place in the absence of a conscious commitment to learn. As long as we take our thinking for granted, we don’t do the work required for improvement. Development in thinking requires a gradual process requiring plateaus of learning and just plain hard work. It is not possible to become an excellent thinker simply because one wills it. Changing one’s habits of thought is a long-range project, happening over years, not weeks or months. The essential traits of a critical thinker require an extended period of development. Most teachers aspire to make critical thinking a primary objective of their instruction, though most also do not realize that, to develop as thinkers, students must pass through stages of development in critical thinking. That is, most teachers...
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...Critical Thinking “Critical thinking defines ability to weigh evidence, examine, arguments, and construct rational bases for generally accepted beliefs. Also a systematic approach to evaluating a problem” according to M. Neil Browne. “When using critical thinking he or she must be able to use reasoning and deduction in an argument. Asking the right questions is very important in the critical thinking process. Critical thinking involves viewing the situation and supporting the reason behind the solution. They will need to evaluate the situation, analyze the information, and research the topic to make sure they come to the right conclusion.” (M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley, Asking the Right Questions A Guide to Critical Thinking 8th Edition Prentice Hall) When using the decision-making process they need to identify the problem. He or she will need to have an alternative plan in case the original plan has pitfalls that they did not recognize in the beginning. After they implement the decision they will need to evaluate the decision to make sure it was the right choice for this particular time. Critical thinking is essential in today’s business world. The human element use assumptions and interference in our everyday encounters. These characteristics can defeat the goal we are trying to accomplish. There are things that affect our critical thinking processes are our values, personal beliefs, religion, and educational background. I find that in my work that I need...
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...University of Phoenix Material 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 | |Unreflective Thinker |Have no useful concept of what thinking entails. They do not notice that they are | | |making assumptions, forming concepts, drawing conclusions. In this stage we do not | | |know how to analyze and assess our thinking. You cannot determine whether our purposes| | |are clearly formulated, assumptions justified and if our conclusions are logically | | |drawn. They are not aware of intellectual traits and do not embody them. In this stage| | |we lack intellectual traits but are unaware we lack them. We create and maintain | | |pleasant illusions. We make decisions, react to people, go out way in life and never | | |questions our thinking. We lack the skills and motivation to notice how self- centered| | |and prejudiced we are, how...
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