Critical Thinking 1-14

Who sees critical thinking as skillful, responsible thinking, conductive to good judgement, sensitive to context, relies on criteria, and self-correcting?

• Robert Ennis

• Matthew Lipman

• Richard Paul

Who views critical thinking as reasonable, reflective, and focused on deciding what to believe or do?

• Robert Ennis

• Matthew Lipman

• Richard Paul

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

Who sees critical thinking as thinking about your thinking as you're thinking to make thinking better?

• Robert Ennis

• Matthew Lipman

• Richard Paul

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Matthew Lipman describes critical thinking as skillful and responsible because it is:

• Focused on memorizing information

• Before deciding, you use solid reasons as evidence, not opinions or guesses.

• Based on guessing and opinions

• Only about following rules

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

Why is critical thinking described as “self-correcting” by Matthew Lipman?

• It always follows the same process

• It never changes once a decision is made

• It allows you to change your thinking when you realize you are wrong

• It ignores evidence and logic

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

Imagine you are faced with a real-life problem, not a puzzle. How would you use critical thinking to solve it, based on the traits described in the material?

• By guessing the answer quickly

• Using good judgment, paying attention to surroundings, and adjusting when things change

• By following strict rules without thinking

• By ignoring evidence and logic

What are the traits of critical thinking?

• Reflective

  Has Standards

  Authentic

  Reasonable

• Not reflective

  No Standards

  Unauthentic

  Unreasonable

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

What does Robert Ennis mean when he says critical thinking is reflective?

• We think about our thinking. What did we believe? Why? What mistakes were made? How can we do better? What evidence do we have?

• You do not think about your thinking. You never ask why, find evidence for you thinking, or try to find ways to think better.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

What do we mean when we say critical thinking has standards?

• The thinking is false, doesn't make sense, off topic, only hits the surface.

• The thinking is accurate, makes sense, on topic, digs deeper than the surface.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

What do we mean when we say critical thinking is authentic?

• It deals with real life problems, not puzzles. It's making decisions in the real world.

• It deals with solving puzzles and issues that do not affect the real world

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1