Friday, July 25, 2014

Critical thinking skills Day 01

learn to identify valid and invalid arguments
learn to do inferences
learn to be an independent thinker
learn to be reasoning

Standard: Breadth
encompassing multiple viewpoints
Do we need to look at this from another perspective?
Do we need to consider another point of view?
Do we need to look at this in other ways?

Standard: Clarity
understandable, the meaning can be grasped
Could you elaborate further?
Could you give me an example?
Could you illustrate what you mean?

Standard: Accuracy
free from errors or distortions, true
How could we check on that?
How could we find out if that is true?
How could we verify or test that?

Standard: Precision
exact to the necessary level of detail
Could you be more specific?
Could you give me more details?
Could you be more exact?

Standard: Relevance
relating to the matter at hand
How does that relate to the problem?
How does that bear on the question?
How does that help us with the issue?

Standard: Depth
containing complexities and multiple interrelationships
What factors make this a difficult problem?
What are some of the complexities of this question?
What are some of the difficulties we need to deal with?

Standard: Logic
the parts make sense together, no contradictions
Does all this make sense together?
Does your first paragraph fit in with your last?
Does what you say follow from the evidence?

Standard: Significance
focusing on the important, not trivial
Is this the most important problem to consider?
Is this the central idea to focus on?
Which of these facts are most important?

Standard: Fairness
Justifiable, not self-serving or one-sided
Do I have any vested interest in this issue?
Am I sympathetically representing the viewpoints of others?

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