Critical Thinking: Introduction

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Recommended Textbooks

• Butterworth, J. & Thwaites, G. (2005) Thinking Skills, Cambridge University Press

• Reichenbach, B. (2000) Introduction to Critical Thinking, Mc-Graw Hill Publishing

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THEEXPERIENCE OF YEARS

Count the Number of Fs’

What is Critical Thinking?

Ego-Centric Thinking

The MilgramShock Experiment

The Asch Line Experiment

Group Bias

Wishful Thinking

6 Steps to Critical Thinking

Step #1KNOWLEDGE

Step #2COMPREHENSION

Why do we highlighthighlight or underline our

books?

Step #3APPLICATION

Exercise, exercise, exercise!

Step #4ANALYSIS

Step #5SYNTHESIS

Step #6EVALUATION

Be the judge!

Reminders

• Introduce yourself in the blog a.s.a.p.

• Review Bloom’s Taxonomy

• Start applying Bloom’s to your textbooks and your classes

• Borrow the textbook