Stages of Critical Thinking
Stages of Critical Thinking
Complete the matrix by identifying the six stages of critical thinking, describing how to move from each stage to the next, and listing obstacles you may face as you move to the next stage of critical thinking.
|Stages of critical thinking |How to move to the next stage |Obstacles to moving to the next stage |
|EXAMPLE: |Examine my thinking to identify problems |Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of|
| |that affect my thinking. |my thinking |
|The Unreflective Thinker | | |
|The Challenged Thinker |Take active steps in advancing my thinking |My ego, arrogance, and self – deception. |
| |and commit to enhancing my critical | |
| |thinking ability. | |
|The Beginning Thinker |Recognize mistakes in my thinking and |My arrogance, egocentric behaviors, and |
| |realizing that I need a more systematic |rationalization. |
| |approach to my thinking. | |
|The Practicing Thinker |I need to become less naive with my |My arrogance, egocentric behavior, and |
| |egocentric behavior, and see the problems |self-deception. |
| |my thinking has caused.