{"id":421,"date":"2016-02-19T00:36:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T00:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/lumencollegesuccess\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=421"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:21:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:21:02","slug":"critical-thinking-skills","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-collegesuccess-2\/chapter\/critical-thinking-skills\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Critical Thinking Skills","rendered":"Introduction to Critical Thinking Skills"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do: d<span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Define critical thinking and its role in your education&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4482,&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:12507122},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;}\">efine critical thinking and its role in your education<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-422\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images-archive-read-only\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1110\/2016\/02\/19001618\/4910867563_a1ffd0b738_z.jpg\" alt=\"Three students leaning over a sheet of butcher block paper, with markers in their hands\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/>\r\n<blockquote>The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014Christopher Hitchens, author\u00a0and\u00a0journalist<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nBy the end of this section, you will be able to explain critical thinking, describe the role that logic plays in critical thinking, and identify how critical thinking skills can be used to evaluate information. 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