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WorksheetsCritical Thinking: Unit 3 Putting it Together Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What are criteria?
Standards used to understand a concept
Ideas that are judged against each other
Information gathered about an issue
Factors used to assess something
Which step in the critical thinking process typically requires the most analysis?
Explore different ideas
Consider the implications.
Define the issue
Choose the ideas
Evaluate the ideas.
Which step in the critical thinking process typically requires the most foresight (looking into the future)?
Evaluate the ideas
Consider the implications
Explore different ideas
Choose the ideas
Define the issue
What can you do to help choose the best idea?
Gather and analyze important criteria
Organize the ideas into groups of criteria
Rank the ideas against relevant criteria
Create better ideas related to the issue.
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
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?
Explore steps needed to fix up downtown properties.
Investigate the maintenance costs of adding green space
Decide that downtown parking is an important factor.
Plan to increase downtown foot traffic by 25%.
When exploring different ideas, it is more important to look for ideas that are
Common
Tricky
Disagreeable or change the way of thinking
Acceptable
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?
Survey residents on what would bring them downtown
Decide that downtown parking is an important factor
Investigate the maintenance costs of adding green space
Which step in the critical thinking process typically requires breaking down information?
Explore different ideas.
Consider the implications.
Choose the ideas
Evaluate the ideas
Define the issue
Which step in the critical thinking process might require the ranking of ideas?
Choose the ideas
Consider the implications.
Define the issue
Evaluate the ideas
Explore different ideas
