Putting It Together - The Critical Thinking Process

When exploring different ideas, it is more important to look for ideas that are .

(a)  

• Disagreeable
• Tricky
• Acceptable
• Common

What are criteria?

• Information gathered about an issue

• Factors used to assess something

• Ideas that are judged against each other

• Standards used to understand a concept

Mark is on the city council. He's leading a project to revitalize downtown. Which statement would be associated with "Step 4: Consider the Implications" of the critical thinking process.

• Decide that downtown parking is an important factor

• Plan to increase downtown foot traffic by 25%

• Survey residents on what would bring them downtown

• Explore steps needed to fix up downtown properties

• Investigate the maintenance costs of adding green space

What can you do to help choose the best idea?

• create better ideas related to the issue

• Gather and analyze important criteria

• Organize the ideas into groups of criteria

• Rank the ideas against relevant criteria

Which step in the critical thinking process typically requires the most analysis?

• Evaluate the ideas

• Define the issue

• Choose the ideas

• Explore different ideas

• Consider the implications

Which step in the critical thinking process might require the ranking of ideas?

• Evaluate the idea

• Define the issue

• Choose the ideas

• Consider the implications

• Explore different ideas

Which step in the critical thinking process typically requires breaking down the information?

• Evaluate the ideas

• Define the issue

• Choose the ideas

• Consider the implications

• Exploren different ideas

Which step in the critical thinking process typically requires the most foresight (looking into the future)?

• Define the issue

• Evaluate the ideas

• Explore the ideas

• Consider the implications

• Choose the ideas

Mark is on the city council. He's leading a project to revitalize downtown. Which statement would be associated with "Step 1: Define the Issue" of the critical thinking process?

• Survey residents on what would bring them downtown

• Decide that downtown parking is an important factor

• Plan to increase downtown foot traffic by 25%

• Investigate the maintenance costs of adding green space

• Explore steps needed to fix up downtown properties

The table shows four ideas ranked against criteria on a scale of 1 to 10. Which of the following ideas appears to be the best option?

• Idea 1

• Idea 2

• Idea 3

• Idea 4