... The study is focused principally on the implications of reading skills to the critical thinking of third year high school students The profile of the students on sex, English rating and English language preference were considered. It assessed the students’ reading skills on word recognition through context clues, noting details, getting the main idea, inferring, making generalizations and predicting outcomes. It also evaluated the students’ critical thinking skills, particularly on knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The impact of reading skills to the critical thinking of the students was also analyzed and examined. The results showed that in general, the reading skills of the students are low, with making generalizations as their lowest skill and noting details as their dominant aspect. The students’ critical thinking skills are also low with synthesis as their lowest level and knowledge as their dominant aspect. Male students have lower critical thinking level compared to the females. The females are significantly higher in knowledge level. Students with very good/good English ratings have higher critical thinking level compared to those with fair and poor English ratings. Academic performance in English affects their critical thinking ability. Students who prefer the use of the English language are also higher in their critical thinking levels compared to those who did not prefer to use it. Preference...
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...Reading 1.3-1: What is critical thinking? 1 Reading 1.3-1: What is critical thinking? The world of accounting has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. In 1965, the key skills expected of a new CGA could best be described as ―technical‖ — the application of accounting, auditing, and other related skills to the recording of transactions and the generation of financial statements. However, by the mid-1990s, the notion of competency-based assessment had replaced this older model of skills assessment. The development of a competency map identifying key skills required for the accounting profession indicated that a key skill is the ability to think critically. Simply put, critical thinking is a type of thinking that questions assumptions. The Critical Thinking Community at http://www.criticalthinking.org/ provides the following definition: Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way. Critical thinking can be applied to any course in the CGA Program of Professional Studies. It entails the examination of those structures or elements of thought implicit in all reasoning, which consists of Purpose, problem, or question at issue Assumptions Concepts Empirical grounding Reasoning leading to conclusions Implications and consequences Objections from alternative viewpoints Frame of reference ―Critical,‖ as used in the term ―critical thinking,‖ relates to...
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...Critical thinking is a process that I didn’t have very much knowledge about until this week’s learning activities. Reading about critical thinking, logic, and decision making, made me realize how much I use it in my everyday life. In our readings they state “critical thinking frees us from nonsense” (Being a Master Student, Ch7). This is true because when we think with a clear mind it enables us to make better decisions. As I continued to read about critical thinking I noticed that there are many different interpretations and definitions of the meaning of critical thinking. When I was reading the Electronic Reserve Readings, the definition of critical thinking that stood out the most to me was Haplem (as cited in Fowler, 2002) defines critical thinking “as thinking that is purposeful, reasoned, and goal-directed the kind of thinking involved in solving problems, formulating inferences, calculating likelihoods and making decisions when the thinker is using skills that are thoughtful and effective for the particular context and type of thinking task” (Fowler, 2002). I thought this definition was a great way to define critical thinking. It is telling me that you should define the problem, ask yourself questions, and answer those questions logically. There are 6 steps that are to be followed or used during the critical thinking process. I read and then interpreted the steps in my own words, so I could understand them better. Step 1: Identifying the issue or topic. Step...
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... |Creative Minds and Critical Thinking | Copyright © 2009, 2005 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description In this course, students will analyze the thinking process from a critical and creative perspective. The lives of prominent creative thinkers will be examined to identify the social, historical, psychological, and cultural elements that influenced their development. The salient aspects of creativity will be assessed along with the relationship between creativity and critical thinking. Students will apply critical thinking skills to contemporary creative and scientific thought. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Ruggiero, V. R. (2009). The art of thinking: A guide to...
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...CRITICAL THINKING What do we mean by critical thinking? How does critical thinking differ between disciplines? How does critical thinking apply to academic reading? How does critical thinking apply to academic writing? How can I add quality to my writing? Critical thinking as a generic skill for life WHAT DO WE MEAN BY CRITICAL THINKING? When you are thinking critically, you are not just thinking passively and accepting everything you see and hear. You are thinking actively. You are asking questions about what you see and hear, evaluating, categorising, and finding relationships. Some critical thinking activities are listed below: SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN CRITICAL THINKING Interpreting according to a framework Relating theory to practice Making a claim and supporting it Using appropriate evidence Making links between ideas Asking questions Evaluating Predicting Describing Analysing Synthesising Categorising Establishing cause and effect Comparing and contrasting Identifying problems and solutions Critical thinking is the essence of tertiary learning. As a university student, you will be expected to apply mental actions such as these to all your academic reading, writing, listening and discussing. HOW DOES CRITICAL THINKING DIFFER BETWEEN DISCIPLINES? Different disciplines are characterised by particular approaches to critical thinking, and a lage part of studying those disciplines means learning to think...
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...The three areas from the english course that I have devloped the most in is critical thinking, writing and collaboration. The first area that I feel I have improved the most in is critical thinking. Critical thinking is a very importnt skill and is defined as the objective analysis of facts to form a judgment. The reason why I believe I was able to imporve my critical thinking is due to all of the class readings. We read several things from poems, to short stories to actual books and as a result I saw my critical thinking imporving over time. When it came to reading something in class I found mysef using reading strategies such as making predictions, infrences, asking questions etc. This allowed me to truly think about what it was that I waqs...
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...Syllabus College of Humanities PHL/458 Version 2 Creative Minds and Critical Thinking Copyright © 2009, 2005 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description In this course, students will analyze the thinking process from a critical and creative perspective. The lives of prominent creative thinkers will be examined to identify the social, historical, psychological, and cultural elements that influenced their development. The salient aspects of creativity will be assessed along with the relationship between creativity and critical thinking. Students will apply critical thinking skills to contemporary creative and scientific thought. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Ruggiero, V. R. (2009). The art of thinking: A guide to critical and creative thought (9th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Longman. All electronic materials are available on the student...
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...essay involving critical thinking and an essay that shows no critical thinking. Essay involving critical thinking is the balanced one while an essay that shows no critical thinking might be taking a particular side of the aspect. First one addresses all/optimum dimensions of the issue while the later one might focus on few or any particular dimensions. First one is normally not biased but the later one is often biased. First one gives a true picture of the issue while the second one might give the improper/incomplete/manipulated one. How does critical thinking impact on how you read an academic article in your course? Applying critical thinking in reading academic article makes the reading article more effective because I do not blindly believe in anything. Rather, I look for the evidences/justifications of any logics/claims. I can differentiate between opinion and logic backed up by valid evidence with the help of critical thinking. Moreover, thinking about the logics, claims and evidences by the other/different side/dimension gives me more insight about what I am reading. In conclusion, applying critical thinking in reading an academic article can give me a detail picture of the article, so that I can assess the degree of quality/reliability of the article. How would critical thinking impact your advice letter to a client when you are working in the accounting profession? When I am working in the accounting profession, applying critical thinking in my advice letter...
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...Dakota Stephens Professor Baker English 1301 9/13/13 Our Generation on Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking Reading and writing are things that I am very well at. The difference is, I’m stronger in my writing skills than my reading skills. The reason for this is that when I’m writing I get so into my words and imagination to where my hand with the magical pencil does the talking. My skills in reading only depend on one thing, if it catches my attention or not. Stories have to get me involved with the story somehow in order for me to get interest. If it’s not catching my attention, I’m not reading it. But most importantly, critical thinking is what ties reading and writing together. I am very picky about the books and articles I read. Stories for me have to have a mystery or even sometimes a sappy love story. Of course I’m going to love romantic books because I’m a girl, right? Yet again, some love stories bore the living hell out of me because it’s a “typical” love story. Reading books just all depends on how the author grabs his reader’s attention and how he plays the story throughout the book. When I find a book that I’m interested in, I will read the entire novel. Or even something that is scary will keep hooked on the story. Scary stories are my favorites because the story just keeps my suspense in play. Celebrity gossip is definitely something that I get into reading. There is always something new with these celebrities. Since these celebrities are well...
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...February 15, 2012 Critical thinking is the process of thinking that questions people’s assumption. When using critical thinking you are trying to determine if a claim is true or false or halfway true. It’s good to know how to read and even better when you think critically while reading. When I read and think critically I have an open mind and help me to have a better and deeper understanding on what I am reading. I can process Information better and get good meaning of information when critically thinking. Critical thinking is good when writing it makes me have more than just one point of view on the topic being discussed or the way something occurs. When thinking critically I will be able to write where I express my opinion and try to get my point across to others. My writing will be more logical and explanatory also using critical thinking. Like mention above processing information with critical thinking makes information to have deeper views. It’s best to use critical thinking when reading an article because many authors write articles to try to inform you of something and a lot of them enforce their own opinion on things that may or may not be true. When looking at an article you can determine if sources are accurate by critical thinking or whether information can be helpful. Now dealing with advertising critical thinking is well needed to help a person determine whether the way they suggest products will influence many to buy or try product. Critical thinking will help you to...
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...In this class I have learned that how to critically think when going through my everyday life activities. Thinking critically will affect me in my every day future activities such as reading, writing and processing information. In reading my new found skills will allow me to analyze different claims in arguments. I will be able to find truths and identify deeper meanings in individuals writing. In my writing critical thinking will enhance my persuasive writing. Knowing different rhetorical devices and fallacies will ensure that I do not use them in my writing, thus making sure that my papers use sound and valid arguments. As currently I am taking my COM 150 class and I find that my expository essay has enhanced as this class goes on. My reasoning in clearer, and more importantly it assisted in my research. In my research for this paper critical thinking assisted with how I processed information from different websites. I was able to take the information presented and decipher the sound form the weak articles. In speaking about articles you can apply critical thinking skills when reading these articles. Applying these skills would mean deciphering what you are reading. Finding claims, and detecting where the information is supported with deductive or inductive logic. In advertising and the media they tend to be the biggest culprits of rhetorical devices. Critical thinking will enlighten you to these devices and allow you to determine whether or not the information presented is...
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...We all need to critical thinking whenever we are reading, watching and listening to things, it is a vital skill for students, employees, citizens and everyone really. In college you develop critical thinking skills because, many theories and ideas are presented, and you are made think about these theories and ideas, it allows are to agree or disagree with them, which shows that you are becoming a critical thinking. How being a strong critical thinker helps us, is we can link different bits of information together to get a better understanding of the topic, you are researching about. It helps you see if there is faults or inconsistencies with the information that you are reading, you can create arguments and have evidence to back it up, you...
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...Log Section 1 - Two reflective entries Reflective entry 1: New Beginnings Deciding to attend university as a mature age student was a decision I did not take lightly. I am working towards furthering my education in order to gain the necessary qualifications that will help me in my future business endeavour. I have found that after so long out of the education system it has been a difficult transition juggling study and work. The first units that were chosen for me in study period 2, I thought were difficult to understand having never written an essay before and without the knowledge or know how, I was not able to complete these units. SSK12 has given me a good understanding of what it takes at becoming a university student and in particular the skills on writing essays. As I have mentioned previously up until study period 2, I had never written an essay and did not fully comprehend how important the set out of a university essay was. Choosing an Essay Question was an important part of my learning in week 6 because this has now given me the beginning step in writing a university essay using the correct format. I am feeling a lot more confident when approaching the subject of essays as I now understand and have the knowledge on the procedure in completing an academic essay and what is required. I now know that by firstly choosing a question will then help you to with your thesis and this in turn will give you your main idea and sets the way in which to write...
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...MECN1001: Critical Thinking Component Science Fiction Course reader Semester 2, 2015 “If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.” – Ursula Le Guin Lecturer and course co-ordinator: Ms Linda Mabin Linda.Mabin@wits.ac.za CM, 3rd Floor, East Wing, ADU (011) 717-7064 MECN1001: Critical Thinking Course Outline Science Fiction is a genre that is growing in currency around the world as a literature of cognitive estrangement, and one that has immense universal value because of this. To distance oneself from the ascendant structures of power is to perceive the world anew, filled with potential for change. For this reason, Science Fiction is a literature of immense value for a country such as South Africa. Approaching the challenges of a nation such as this requires an imagination trained to be meticulous in its logic, but unrestrained by the restrictions of present reality. Each tutorial activity is crafted to correlate with the concerns of the lecture material. Tutorials transpose the fundamental concerns dealt with in the subject matter of the lectures and ‘activate’ these ideas by having students demonstrate their knowledge not just in the form of individual written exercises, but through the vitally necessary process of engaging their tutors and peers in structured discussion. It is thus clear that the success of a tutorial is dependent on student participation, and as clear that the success of a tutorial depends on students being intrigued...
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...contains convincing arguments and is supported with evidence. √ Critical Reading. Students read to inquire, learn, think, and communicate. Student writing demonstrates understandings of assigned readings, and when requested, incorporates outside readings. √ Rhetorical Knowledge. Student writing meaningfully engages with writing, language, and/or rhetoric-related topics. √ Research. Student writing evidences understandings of citation and website validity, and avoids plagiarism. At the intermediate level, student writing integrates credible academic research. √ Technology & Multimodality. Students function in electronic writing spaces, and use technology to compose, revise, and present their writing. At the intermediate level, students analyze and/or produce visual, audio, and online texts, while must be 400-500 words long. This section of the “letter” will be 4 paragraphs. |Excellent (4) |Satisfactory (3) |Unsatisfactory (1) | |Examination of critical reading and writing |Although the reflection does reveal that |The reflection does not show that the student has| |The reflection shows thoughtful examination of |the student has thought about his/her own |thought critically about his/her own reading and | |the student’s critical reading and writing. |critical reading and writing, the |writing throughout the...
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