What You’ll Learn To Do: Identify & Apply Aspects of Critical Thinking

Throughout your academic career, you will be asked many questions by your instructor. More often, the purpose of the question is not to elicit a “yes” or “no” response, but to engage you in critical thinking. By developing this thought process now as a student, you will possess a skill that will prove useful in your professional career, social environments, and personal life.

After you have completed this topic’s activities, you should be able to:

• Identify aspects of critical thinking.
• Analyze a problem and choose the best solution.

Learning Activities

In order to successfully complete this module’s work, you will need to do the following.

Tasks

• Complete: How are Your Critical Thinking Skills? Self Assessment
• Read: Types of Critical Thinking
• Read: It’s Critical
• Read: Searching for “Aha!”
• Read: Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Read: Chapter Activities: Thinking About Thought

• Quiz: Critical Thinking (10 points)
• Discuss: Problem Solving and Decision Making (10 points)

For grading, refer to the “Grading, Withdrawal, and Incomplete” section in the Syllabus.