Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Critical Thinking Skills

  1. Don't Believe Everything You See, Read, or Hear. Decide for yourself what you are going to believe.
  2. Critical Thinking Is Important In Order To:
  • Enhance common sense.
  • Filter emotion.
  • Categorize experiences.
  • Select reference.
  • Understand the "experts."
  • Sort fact from opinion.
  • Learn to express yourself in a cogent and expressive manner.

3. Critical Thinkers Are:

  • Attractive socially.
  • Able to resist manipulation.
  • Able to overcome confusion.
  • Able to perceive connections between subjects and events.
  • Able to base judgments on evidence and facts.
  • Able to realize that the "truth" is never simple. Grey or foggy areas always exist.

adapted from Keys to College Success by BarCharts, Inc.

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