Elements Of Critical Thinking

Critical thinking provides the skills for a thinker to achieve a conscious level of mind with self-discipline to acknowledge and adhere to practice the art thinking of thinking. Thought drives life through a set of standards that become ingrained in reasoning that are applied to elements that support perspective as we develop intellectual traits to shape the clarity and non-bias viewpoint.
The development of critical thinking involves six stages that build upon one another as one advances their level of consciousness. The first stage is the unreflective thinker who inherently is unaware that they have a thought process. An unconscious person on this level tends to make decisions from a reactive viewpoint. Consequently, unreflective thinkers
Expending these elements begins the problem solving processes systematically while drawing on one another for a reasonable outcome. Moreover, collaborating the elements with standards yields value and rational critical thinking.
The standards of critical thinking provide framework for students to guide their thinking with explicit quality reasoning. The standards are as follows; clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, logic and fairness. Accordingly, the standards integrate together to produce sound judgment by continually questioning the thinker’s thoughts, do I have clarity, does this make sense, or are we considering all viewpoints? Inhabiting these standards solidifies are elements of thought with strong backing for our decisions. Likewise, synergizing elements and standards creates intellectual
There are eight traits for critical thinking; intellectual humility, intellectual autonomy, intellectual integrity, intellectual courage, intellectual perseverance, confidence in reason, intellectual empathy and fair-mindedness. Emerging these traits harvests a moral compass for the advanced and accomplished critical thinker and eludes them from barriers such as bias, propaganda and