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 |When thinking is causing serious problem |Realizing that thinking is s not as perfect|
| | |as I believe and develop awareness of how |
| | |thinking operates for positive or negative.|
|The Beginning Thinker |Try to understand how to improve my way of |Understand and changing the problems in my |
| |thinking |thinking to and ways to develop as a |
| | |thinker. |
|The Practicing Thinker |Actively analyzing my thinking in numbers |Improve awareness of the need for |
| |of ways. |systematic practice in thinking. |
|The Advanced Thinker |Having significant insight to