Critical Thinking

What is Critical Thinking?

• refer to abilities to be open-minded, mindful, and analytical, and to evaluate, question, reason, hypothesize, interpret, explain, and draw conclusions.

• refer to abilities to be close-minded, mindful, and analytical, and to evaluate, question, reason, hypothesize, interpret, explain, and draw conclusions

You use critical thinking skills in everyday life

• True

• False

How important is critical thinking in the classroom?

• Not important

• Slightly important

• Very important

Which option is NOT a quality of a Critical Thinker?

• Active Thinker

• Self-Confident

• Talkative

• Good Analysts

What is Critical Thinking?

• Critiquing your brain

• Evaluating ideas

• Testing Skills

• Thinking in a critical way

Which situations can critical thinking help?

• Personal

• School related

• All of the above

• Work related

Critical thinking has

• purpose

• interprets meaning

• solves problems

• all above

Inference as a core critical thinking skill is to identify elements needed to draw reasonable conclusion

• false

• true

Which one is NOT part of the 7 critical thinking skills?

• Analysis

• Problem Solving

• Close-mindedness

• Inference

How does a teacher model critical thinking in the classroom? Select all that apply.

• Explain what they do and why

• Be willing to admit and correct their own mistakes

• Encourage students to think for themselves

• Encourage students to sit silently at all times