1. WHAT IS CRITICAL THINKING? Critical thinking is a process: Involves wide range of skills and attributes: Identifying other people’s positions‚ arguments and conclusions. Evaluating the evidence for alternative points of view. Weighing up opposing arguments and evidence fairly. Being able to read between the lines‚ seeing the surface and identifying false or fair assumptions. Recognising techniques eg false logic and persuasive devices Reflecting on issues in a structured way‚ bringing logic and
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Critical Thinking Worksheet A position opens in your department at work. You recommend to a coworker and friend in another department that she should apply. You previously consulted with this person on small projects‚ and she appears knowledgeable and responsible. In fact‚ you became friends through these work contacts. Your friend appreciates your recommendation and arranges a meeting to ask you more details about the work done by your department. The meeting is productive‚ and your friend takes
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Abstract The primary purpose of this paper is to identify how critical thinking skills contribute to confident‚ quality decisions‚ how critical thinking assisted me in my decision to become an occupation therapist as well as in my choice to attend the University of ------------. According to Michael Scriven and Richard Paul in their work Defining Critical Thinking ‚ critical thinking is defined as the "intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing‚ applying‚ analyzing
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Assignment 1 - Critical Thinking University of Maryland University College Assignment 1 - Critical Thinking The Purpose of this paper is to apply the 10 steps developed by (Browne & Keeley‚ 2010) and I will apply those methods on the following memo. A memo was drafted by Ms. Mary Ford (personal communication‚ January 30‚ 2012) who is Director of Amalgamated Public Employees Union (APEU) Local No. 121 to Mr. Hector Fuentes the President of APEU Local No. 121 on the issue on New Mexico State
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Critical Thinking and Its Importance in Education Kadoko Chanda 1. Introduction Technology‚ travel and business have brought countries together‚ so does our thinking evolve. No more thinking within our boundaries‚ we need critical thinking to evaluate our own decisions in everything we do. For example‚ how do you teach students without discriminating their beliefs or religion? How do we start a business in a country with different laws from ours and still incorporate our business values
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University College of the Caribbean Bsc. Human Resource Management (Group B3 Sunday) Prepared as partial fulfillment of the course Critical thinking Lecturer: Ms. Sherrell R. Wilson Presented by: Andrew Onfroy BS08-12468HR3 Date of submission: November 7‚ 2010 The article was written by distinguished veteran journalist‚ Clare Forrester. Ms Forrester received an award in 2006 from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) for effective leadership and was praised in the citation
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HUM 111 Theodosia Lovett Media Bias Article The importance of making critical evaluations of news stories come to play in the recent story about the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman case. This is a story about a young black teenager and a neighborhood watchman that shot and killed young Trayvon. Many news stations reported the story showing pictures of both of them that had been taken years prior to the actual event. Trayvon’s pictures showed him as an innocent boy and Zimmerman as
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commonly used to attempt to persuade without argument. Concealed claim contain dubious claim to a loaded question‚ such as “When did you stop beating your wife?”. The answer may conceal the fact which called as concealed argument. Source: Critical Thinking & Information Literacy across the curriculum‚ Retrieved from: http://www.bellevuecollege.edu/lmc/ilac/Curric/kint/phil7.htm Answer (iii) In the principle of rational discussion‚ we have to assume several things such as the person who is discussing
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Introduction. According to Chance (1986‚ p.6)‚ the concept of critical thinking generally refers to the aptitude of analysing facts‚ create and organize concepts‚ defend perspectives‚ make contrasts‚ draw inferences‚ assess influences and solve problems. This essay discusses uncritically the use of critical thinking as it relates to university study and employability. First‚ the description of critical thought will be deliberated. Following this dilation will be the clarity on why do we need to
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In the book “Asking the Right Questions‚ A Guide to Critical Thinking” M. Neil Browne and Stuart M. Kelley discuss the ten steps to critical thinking. In the following pages I will apply these steps to a memo that was sent to Mr. Robert Shaw of Triad Insurance Company of Indianapolis and discuss them in detail. The memo was from Ms. Denise Khali‚ Vice President of Human Resources. D. Khali‚ personal communication‚ October 04‚ 2010. Step 1: What are the issues and conclusions? The major
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