Richard Paul And Linda Elder Summary

“Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with the view of improving it” stated in the Critical Thinking concepts and tools guide , written by Richard Paul and Linda Elder. Linda Elder , an educational psychologist born in 1962 spent many years studying critical thinking and understanding. With her masters degree in psychology along with her years of experience, studying critical thinking ,herself along with Richard Paul developed The Critical Thinking concept and tools guide. Richard Paul born in 1948, is one of the major leaders in the critical thinking movement. Richard was a scholar with four Degrees and has taught critical thinking for over 20 years in the US as well as abroad. Richard Paul and Linda Elder together developed the Center for
One being point of view which is the setting of research viewpoint. Understanding and being able to verify what the point of view is ,brings clarity to the information. Then there are other elements such as purpose, question at issue, information, concept ,assumptions and implications and consequences. All of theses elements help define critical thinking. The element purpose helps you understand why and what the goal is of the information. Then there is the question at issue , this explains what is the problem or issue that is explained and supported through the facts and information. That leads me to explains the next element which is information. Information is data , facts , and orientation that enhances your critical thinking. Then there is implications and consequences. Implications and consequences are the factors and information that you come up whit after taking these elements to analyze and successfully understand the information at hand. Critical thinking is successfully done when these elements have been