Post by fastwalker on Aug 13, 2005 7:52:07 GMT -5
Critical thinking is deciding rationally ……..
......what to do or what not to believe.
For the longest time now I’ve been harping on simply looking at the facts and then looking again.
While CMKX developments are being presented as new, the fact of the matter is, these revelations are not new and have been with us for some time now, they were presented in various prior documents, which we might have possibly missed in our haste, or just failed to review and understand the significance of what they were truly saying...time to look once again at the "old stuff" to see where we are going...
Anyway, the following is offered simply for your review. Like it…use it! Don't like it..leave it alone, it makes no difference to me other than I’ve posted it to illuminate for you the reader (my fellow shareholders) on how I approach things….fw
“Critical thinkers: distinguish between fact and opinion; ask questions; make detailed observations; uncover assumptions and define their terms; and make assertions based on sound logic and solid evidence.”
Critical thinking is the use of those cognitive skills or strategies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome. It is used to describe thinking that is purposeful, reasoned and goal directed - the kind of thinking involved in solving problems, formulating inferences, calculating likelihoods, and making decisions when the thinker is using skills that are thoughtful and effective for the particular context and type of thinking task.
Critical thinking also involves evaluating the thinking process - the reasoning that went into the conclusion we've arrived at the kinds of factors considered in making a decision. Critical thinking is sometimes called directed thinking because it focuses on a desired outcome.
We must continually remind ourselves that critical thinking about any type of content whatsoever, whether it is trading, history, biology or how to sail a boat only begins when questions are generated by both teachers and students. No questions equals no understanding. Superficial questions equal superficial understanding.
If we want to think critically, we must stimulate our intellect with questions that lead us to even further questions. We must overcome what our previous schooling has done to our way of learning. We must resuscitate minds that are dead when we interact with them either as teachers or fellow students. We must give ourselves and our students what could be called artificial cogitation, the intellectual equivalent of artificial respiration to make dead minds come to life again.
Critical thinking is the use of those cognitive skills or strategies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome.
It is used to describe thinking that is purposeful, reasoned and goal directed - the kind of thinking involved in solving problems, formulating inferences, calculating likelihoods, and making decisions when the thinker is using skills that are thoughtful and effective for the particular context and type of thinking task. Critical thinking also involves evaluating the thinking process - the reasoning that went into the conclusion we've arrived at the kinds of factors considered in making a decision.
Critical thinking is sometimes called directed thinking because it focuses on a desired outcome.
The purpose of critical thinking is, therefore, to achieve understanding, evaluate view points, and solve problems. \
Since all three areas involve the asking of questions, we can say that critical thinking is the questioning or inquiry we engage in when we seek to understand, evaluate, or resolve.
Critical thinkers are willing to spend time reflecting on the ideas presented to them in various media, they are able to evaluate and solve problems while reading rather than merely compile a set of facts to be memorized,
Critical thinkers are logical thinkers, are diligent in seeking out the truth, eager to express their thoughts on a topic, are seekers of alternative views on a topic , are open to new ideas that may not necessarily agree with their previous thought on a topic, able to base their judgments on ideas and evidence and able to recognize errors in thought and persuasion as well as to recognize good arguments,
Critical thinkers are willing to take a critical stance on issues, able to ask penetrating and thought-provoking questions to evaluate ideas, in touch with their personal thoughts and ideas about a topic, are willing to reassess their views when new or discordant evidence is introduced and evaluated, able to identify arguments and issues,
Critical thinkers are able to see connections between topics and use knowledge from other disciplines to enhance their reading and learning experiences
Guys, for what its worth I always try to be better prepared than the next person,especially where the potential eventualities of a given situation are sure to impact me.
To that end, I really do try to stick with these following recommendations, when assessing and applying an out of the box approach to problems....
Dispositions: Critical thinkers have dispositions that are skeptical and open-minded. They value fair-mindedness, respect evidence and reasoning, respect clarity and precision, look at different points of view, and will change positions when reason leads them to do so.
Criteria: To think critically, you must apply criteria. This means you need to set conditions that must be met for you to judge something as believable.
Argument: Is a statement or proposition with supporting evidence. Critical thinking involves identifying, evaluating, and constructing arguments.
Reasoning: You have the ability to infer a conclusion from one or multiple premises. To do so requires examining logical relationships among statements or data.
Point of View: POV is the way you view the world, which shapes your construction of meaning. In a search for understanding, critical thinkers view phenomena from many different points of view.
Procedures for Applying Criteria: Other types of thinking use a general procedure. Critical thinking makes use of many procedures. These procedures include asking questions, making judgments, and identifying assumptions.
Mindless memorization: Like fattening a goose before slaughter, force feeding students endless content in the form of declarative sentences and then asking them to remember the content is mindless teaching at its best, and mental torture at its worst.
The art of the question: We need questions to jump start our intellectual engines. Questions generate more questions until the student takes ownership of the material and focuses thinking on a process to gain the answer.
The questions we ask determine where our thinking goes. When learners are asked to memorize facts, it’s as if they were told to repeatedly step on the brakes in a vehicle that is parked. Their mind goes nowhere.
Go below the surface: Deep questions drive our thoughts below the surface of things and force us to deal with the complexity of what is real.
Define the task: Purposeful questions force us to define our task. We must begin to evaluate information instead of mindlessly accepting it as truth. We begin to look at our sources of information as well as the quality.
Find Meaning: Questions of interpretation force us to examine how we are organizing or giving meaning to information.
Discover the facts: Questions of assumption force us to examine what we are taking for granted.
Show Direction: Questions of implication force us to follow through on where our thinking is going.
Find Context: Questions of point of view force us to examine our point of view and to consider other relevant points of view.
Focus: Questions of relevance force us to discriminate what does and what does not bear on a question.
Look for truth: Questions of accuracy force us to evaluate and test for truth and correctness.
Look for detail: Questions of precision force us to define details and be precise.
Self examine: Questions of consistency force us to examine our thinking for contradictions.
Put it all together: Questions of logic force us to consider how we are putting the whole of our thought together, to make sure that it all adds up and makes sense within a reasonable system.
One final thought....
There will be times when others seek to misguide you by disguising the truth,in an attempt to lead you down a dark path of despair. But if you are in possession of the facts and stick with them, you will always find your way back into the light.
Take care
fw
......what to do or what not to believe.
For the longest time now I’ve been harping on simply looking at the facts and then looking again.
While CMKX developments are being presented as new, the fact of the matter is, these revelations are not new and have been with us for some time now, they were presented in various prior documents, which we might have possibly missed in our haste, or just failed to review and understand the significance of what they were truly saying...time to look once again at the "old stuff" to see where we are going...
Anyway, the following is offered simply for your review. Like it…use it! Don't like it..leave it alone, it makes no difference to me other than I’ve posted it to illuminate for you the reader (my fellow shareholders) on how I approach things….fw
“Critical thinkers: distinguish between fact and opinion; ask questions; make detailed observations; uncover assumptions and define their terms; and make assertions based on sound logic and solid evidence.”
Critical thinking is the use of those cognitive skills or strategies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome. It is used to describe thinking that is purposeful, reasoned and goal directed - the kind of thinking involved in solving problems, formulating inferences, calculating likelihoods, and making decisions when the thinker is using skills that are thoughtful and effective for the particular context and type of thinking task.
Critical thinking also involves evaluating the thinking process - the reasoning that went into the conclusion we've arrived at the kinds of factors considered in making a decision. Critical thinking is sometimes called directed thinking because it focuses on a desired outcome.
We must continually remind ourselves that critical thinking about any type of content whatsoever, whether it is trading, history, biology or how to sail a boat only begins when questions are generated by both teachers and students. No questions equals no understanding. Superficial questions equal superficial understanding.
If we want to think critically, we must stimulate our intellect with questions that lead us to even further questions. We must overcome what our previous schooling has done to our way of learning. We must resuscitate minds that are dead when we interact with them either as teachers or fellow students. We must give ourselves and our students what could be called artificial cogitation, the intellectual equivalent of artificial respiration to make dead minds come to life again.
Critical thinking is the use of those cognitive skills or strategies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome.
It is used to describe thinking that is purposeful, reasoned and goal directed - the kind of thinking involved in solving problems, formulating inferences, calculating likelihoods, and making decisions when the thinker is using skills that are thoughtful and effective for the particular context and type of thinking task. Critical thinking also involves evaluating the thinking process - the reasoning that went into the conclusion we've arrived at the kinds of factors considered in making a decision.
Critical thinking is sometimes called directed thinking because it focuses on a desired outcome.
The purpose of critical thinking is, therefore, to achieve understanding, evaluate view points, and solve problems. \
Since all three areas involve the asking of questions, we can say that critical thinking is the questioning or inquiry we engage in when we seek to understand, evaluate, or resolve.
Critical thinkers are willing to spend time reflecting on the ideas presented to them in various media, they are able to evaluate and solve problems while reading rather than merely compile a set of facts to be memorized,
Critical thinkers are logical thinkers, are diligent in seeking out the truth, eager to express their thoughts on a topic, are seekers of alternative views on a topic , are open to new ideas that may not necessarily agree with their previous thought on a topic, able to base their judgments on ideas and evidence and able to recognize errors in thought and persuasion as well as to recognize good arguments,
Critical thinkers are willing to take a critical stance on issues, able to ask penetrating and thought-provoking questions to evaluate ideas, in touch with their personal thoughts and ideas about a topic, are willing to reassess their views when new or discordant evidence is introduced and evaluated, able to identify arguments and issues,
Critical thinkers are able to see connections between topics and use knowledge from other disciplines to enhance their reading and learning experiences
Guys, for what its worth I always try to be better prepared than the next person,especially where the potential eventualities of a given situation are sure to impact me.
To that end, I really do try to stick with these following recommendations, when assessing and applying an out of the box approach to problems....
Dispositions: Critical thinkers have dispositions that are skeptical and open-minded. They value fair-mindedness, respect evidence and reasoning, respect clarity and precision, look at different points of view, and will change positions when reason leads them to do so.
Criteria: To think critically, you must apply criteria. This means you need to set conditions that must be met for you to judge something as believable.
Argument: Is a statement or proposition with supporting evidence. Critical thinking involves identifying, evaluating, and constructing arguments.
Reasoning: You have the ability to infer a conclusion from one or multiple premises. To do so requires examining logical relationships among statements or data.
Point of View: POV is the way you view the world, which shapes your construction of meaning. In a search for understanding, critical thinkers view phenomena from many different points of view.
Procedures for Applying Criteria: Other types of thinking use a general procedure. Critical thinking makes use of many procedures. These procedures include asking questions, making judgments, and identifying assumptions.
Mindless memorization: Like fattening a goose before slaughter, force feeding students endless content in the form of declarative sentences and then asking them to remember the content is mindless teaching at its best, and mental torture at its worst.
The art of the question: We need questions to jump start our intellectual engines. Questions generate more questions until the student takes ownership of the material and focuses thinking on a process to gain the answer.
The questions we ask determine where our thinking goes. When learners are asked to memorize facts, it’s as if they were told to repeatedly step on the brakes in a vehicle that is parked. Their mind goes nowhere.
Go below the surface: Deep questions drive our thoughts below the surface of things and force us to deal with the complexity of what is real.
Define the task: Purposeful questions force us to define our task. We must begin to evaluate information instead of mindlessly accepting it as truth. We begin to look at our sources of information as well as the quality.
Find Meaning: Questions of interpretation force us to examine how we are organizing or giving meaning to information.
Discover the facts: Questions of assumption force us to examine what we are taking for granted.
Show Direction: Questions of implication force us to follow through on where our thinking is going.
Find Context: Questions of point of view force us to examine our point of view and to consider other relevant points of view.
Focus: Questions of relevance force us to discriminate what does and what does not bear on a question.
Look for truth: Questions of accuracy force us to evaluate and test for truth and correctness.
Look for detail: Questions of precision force us to define details and be precise.
Self examine: Questions of consistency force us to examine our thinking for contradictions.
Put it all together: Questions of logic force us to consider how we are putting the whole of our thought together, to make sure that it all adds up and makes sense within a reasonable system.
One final thought....
There will be times when others seek to misguide you by disguising the truth,in an attempt to lead you down a dark path of despair. But if you are in possession of the facts and stick with them, you will always find your way back into the light.
Take care
fw