Critical and Creative Thinking

The development of ability to think

critically is one of the objectives

commonly agreed upon for the

modern school.

• Critical thinking

• Creative thinking

The first kind of critical thinking is that one type assumes the existence of

some standards which can be

applied in making...

• generalizations

• ideas

• value judgments

• processes

The second kind of critical thinking is that it requires the

formulation of criteria that will

serve in a particular case.

• True

• False

It is a form of mental activity and is more personal involving intuition and imagination is called

• Critical Thinking

• Creative Thinking

It is the stage of creative thinking that may be deliberate or indeliberate, conscious or unconscious.

• incubation

• illumination

• preparation

• verification

It is the stage of creative thinking wherein it may be of momentary duration or it may persist over a long period of time. The person here is inactive and making no progress.

• incubation

• preparation

• illumination

• verification

It is the stage of creative thinking often begins with a sudden flash of insight, perhaps when it is least expected. These so-called inspirations.

• incubation

• preparation

• illumination

• verification

It is the stage of creative thinking wherein the person tries out his new arrangement of ideas by expressing them on paper or canvass or whatever his medium may be.

• preparation

• incubation

• illumination

• verification

A student can think critically when he is willing to ask questions and seek answers to those questions by formulating hypotheses and gathering data to test those hypotheses.

• True

• False

Critical Thinking is not a unitary kind of process, but rather a complex integration of many processes.

• True

• False