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Putting It Together - The Critical Thinking Process

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

(a)  

Choose from the below words
Disagreeable
Tricky
Acceptable
Common
2.

What are criteria?

a)

Information gathered about an issue

b)

Factors used to assess something

c)

Ideas that are judged against each other

d)

Standards used to understand a concept

3.

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.

a)

Decide that downtown parking is an important factor

b)

Plan to increase downtown foot traffic by 25%

c)

Survey residents on what would bring them downtown

d)

Explore steps needed to fix up downtown properties

e)

Investigate the maintenance costs of adding green space

4.

What can you do to help choose the best idea?

a)

create better ideas related to the issue

b)

Gather and analyze important criteria

c)

Organize the ideas into groups of criteria

d)

Rank the ideas against relevant criteria

5.

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

a)

Evaluate the ideas

b)

Define the issue

c)

Choose the ideas

d)

Explore different ideas

e)

Consider the implications

6.

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

a)

Evaluate the idea

b)

Define the issue

c)

Choose the ideas

d)

Consider the implications

e)

Explore different ideas

7.

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

a)

Evaluate the ideas

b)

Define the issue

c)

Choose the ideas

d)

Consider the implications

e)

Exploren different ideas

8.

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

a)

Define the issue

b)

Evaluate the ideas

c)

Explore the ideas

d)

Consider the implications

e)

Choose the ideas

9.

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?

a)

Survey residents on what would bring them downtown

b)

Decide that downtown parking is an important factor

c)

Plan to increase downtown foot traffic by 25%

d)

Investigate the maintenance costs of adding green space

e)

Explore steps needed to fix up downtown properties

10.

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?

a)

Idea 1

b)

Idea 2

c)

Idea 3

d)

Idea 4