Critical Thinking
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Critical Thinking Worksheet
Choose one of the following scenarios:
You are a member of a group working on a class project. The group members are enthusiastic about the project and arrange a meeting time to begin planning. You forget to mark your calendar and miss the meeting. The group posts a summary of the meeting with assignments and deadlines for the project. You apologize to the group and agree to complete the topic research for the project. You realize you have a paper due in another course on the same day that your research is due, and you concentrate most of your time on your individual assignment. The paper takes longer than you thought, and you are unable to conduct research for the group project by the deadline. You feel bad about this and do not respond to inquiries from group members. You post a message to the group explaining you are having computer problems. The group expresses their empathy and proceeds without you, completing and submitting the project with your name included.
Part A: Write five questions you need to ask yourself to help you think through the situation and determine a course of action.
1. What should I have done better to avoid this situation from happening?
I should have participated in the communication process as soon as I noticed I had missed the scheduled meeting. Then, I should have focused on my team assignment first, because it takes a longer time to complete.
2. How did my lack of responsibility affect the learning team?
My lack of responsibility caused my team to stress and have to work overtime in order complete my part of the assignment and be able to meet the deadline.
3. Why did I not plan my deadlines or study time wisely?
I should have written an outline of deadlines, highlighting the portion of responsibilities I was expected to complete. I also should have set calendar reminders in order to keep pace on time and deadlines.
4. Will my team trust
Critical Thinking Worksheet
Choose one of the following scenarios:
You are a member of a group working on a class project. The group members are enthusiastic about the project and arrange a meeting time to begin planning. You forget to mark your calendar and miss the meeting. The group posts a summary of the meeting with assignments and deadlines for the project. You apologize to the group and agree to complete the topic research for the project. You realize you have a paper due in another course on the same day that your research is due, and you concentrate most of your time on your individual assignment. The paper takes longer than you thought, and you are unable to conduct research for the group project by the deadline. You feel bad about this and do not respond to inquiries from group members. You post a message to the group explaining you are having computer problems. The group expresses their empathy and proceeds without you, completing and submitting the project with your name included.
Part A: Write five questions you need to ask yourself to help you think through the situation and determine a course of action.
1. What should I have done better to avoid this situation from happening?
I should have participated in the communication process as soon as I noticed I had missed the scheduled meeting. Then, I should have focused on my team assignment first, because it takes a longer time to complete.
2. How did my lack of responsibility affect the learning team?
My lack of responsibility caused my team to stress and have to work overtime in order complete my part of the assignment and be able to meet the deadline.
3. Why did I not plan my deadlines or study time wisely?
I should have written an outline of deadlines, highlighting the portion of responsibilities I was expected to complete. I also should have set calendar reminders in order to keep pace on time and deadlines.
4. Will my team trust