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8 Cognitive Skills of Critical Thinking
Adaptive Thinking
Unexpected circumstances during a planned activity (military operation)
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8 Cognitive Skills of Critical Thinking
Analytical Thinking
Development of ideas, divergent thinking
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8 Cognitive Skills of Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Imaginative and innovative thinking
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8 Cognitive Skills of Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Reasoned, purposeful, goal directed, thinking that solves problems
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8 Cognitive Skills of Critical Thinking
Future Thinking
Seeing through the mind's eye, practicing prediction or visionaries
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8 Cognitive Skills of Critical Thinking
Innovative Thinking
Efficiency, evolutionary, revolutionary thinking
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8 Cognitive Skills of Critical Thinking
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8 Cognitive Skills of Critical Thinking
Synthesis
Ability to combine and compile different information, ideas, concepts, and resources to solve problems
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8 Cognitive Skills of Critical Thinking
Reflective Thinking
Reflecting on what we know, what we need to know, and how to bridge the gap
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Sub skill set of critical thinking
Investigate
Identifying real problems (interpretation-comprehend, analysis-identifies, and interference-conclusion)
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Sub skill set of critical thinking
Create and Develop
Create logical idea and explore possibilities, look for patterns and predictable outcomes
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Sub skill set of critical thinking
Communicate
Collect, consider, and accept input (explanation)
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Sub skill set of critical thinking
Evaluate
Accessing the creditability of statements (perception, situation, judgement, belief)
Self regulation is part of evaluation (monitoring one's own cognitive activities)
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Characteristics of a critical thinker
Open mindedness
Open to investigate ideas other than your own
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Characteristics of a critical thinker
Healthy skepticism
Ability to recognize claims that don't merit investigation
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Characteristics of a critical thinker
Intellectual humility
Adhering to acquired to beliefs, being prepared to examine new evidence that might cause flaws in your own
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Characteristics of a critical thinker
Free thinking
Don't conform, be able to restrain your desire to agree or accept
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Characteristics of a critical thinker
High motivation
Natural curiosity, putting in the work to evaluate multiple sides of the issue
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Four hindrances of critical thinking and sub categories
Basic human
Physical and emotional, confirmation/selective bias, testimonial, personal bias, false memories
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Four hindrances of critical thinking and sub categories
Use of language
Double speak, meaningless comparisons, assuring expectations, ambiguity, false implications, emotive content
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Four hindrances of critical thinking and sub categories
Faulty logic or perception
Pragmatic, slippery slope, irrelevant comparisons, argument/ignorance, superstition, false analogies
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Four hindrances of critical thinking and sub categories
Psychological or sociological
Poison in the well, hominem (person), false dilemma "either or", populum, "popularity bandwagon", emotional appeals
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Three questions to ask as a critical thinker
- Is the source creditable?
- Is the source unbiased?
- Is the source accurate?
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Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric (HCTSR)
Evaluates real life examples and aids critical thinking (Strong, acceptable, unacceptable, weak)
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These two go hand in hand
NCO effectiveness and critical thinking
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