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critical thinking

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Moment to moment, most thinking happens automatically. When you think critically, you deliberately employ any of the above intellectual tools to reach more accurate conclusions than your brain automatically would (more on this in a bit).

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is Critical Thinking?

a)

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

b)

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

3.

Critical thinking is the opposite of regular, everyday thinking.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

How important is critical thinking in the classroom?

a)

Not important

b)

Slightly important

c)

Very important

5.

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

a)

Analysis

b)

Problem Solving

c)

Close-mindedness

d)

Inference

6.
If you have a bowl with six apples and you take four, how many do you have?
a)
4 apples
b)
2 apples
c)
1 apple
d)
6 apples
7.
If you only had a match and entered a dark room that contains an oil lamp, firewood and a newspaper, what would you light first?
a)
the match
b)
Oil
c)
firewood
d)
the newspaper
8.
If an electric train moves north at 160km / h and a 16km / h wind blows west, where does the smoke go?
a)
there is no smoke
b)
From north to south
c)
from south to north
d)
upwards
9.
What goes up and down, but always stays in the same place?
a)
the stairs
b)
your feet
c)
your fingers
d)
your back
10.
What goes up, but never goes down?
a)
age
b)
the weight
c)
the gray hair
d)
belly
11.
If there are 12 fish in a fish tank and 5 of them drown, how many fish are left?
a)
12
b)
5
c)
7
d)
any
12.
Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
a)
Dictionary
b)
Phenomenon
c)
Entrepreneur
d)
Incorrectly
13.

Which option is NOT a quality of a Critical Thinker?

a)

Active Thinker

b)

Self-Confident

c)

Talkative

d)

Good Analysts

14.

Which option is the correct process for Critical Thinking?

a)

Designing, Prototyping, and Testing

b)

Analyzing, Experimenting, and Observing

c)

Gathering Information, Analyzing, and Finding a Solution/Conclusion

d)

Gathering Information, Analyzing, and Evaluate

15.

What is Critical Thinking?

a)

Critiquing your brain

b)

Evaluating ideas

c)

Testing Skills

d)

Thinking in a critical way

16.

When do uncritical thinkers get defensive?

a)

When someone opposes them

b)

All the time

c)

Never

d)

When someone agrees with them

17.

Which situations can critical thinking help?

a)

Personal

b)

School related

c)

All of the above

d)

Work related

18.

Which answer is NOT a basic guideline for critical thinking?

a)

Evaluate your opinions

b)

Be focused

c)

Withhold judgement

d)

Test your brain

19.

Critical thinking has

a)

purpose

b)

interprets meaning

c)

solves problems

d)

all above

20.

Core critical thinking skills are (Interpretation, analysis, evaluation, explanation, self regulation). find the missing skill

a)

problem solving

b)

inference

c)

examining

21.

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

a)

false

b)

true

22.

Is this deffinition correct ?Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.”

a)

Yes, it is.

b)

No, it isn't.

23.

What do you think about the following statement? Does it work at your school during the educational process ?

"Your teachers in high school won’t expect you to remember every little fact about his subject. They can fill in the details you’ve forgotten. What they will expect, though, is for you to be able to think; to know how to make connections between ideas and evaluate information critically."

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24.

Here are a few key basic questions you can ask when approaching any problem:

What do you already know? How do you know that? What are you trying to prove, disprove, demonstrated, critique, etc.? What are you overlooking?


Try to add your personal questions related to problem solving.❣❣❣

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