Critical Thinking

Are you a critical thinker?

Critical thinking requires these abilities:

• Recognize problems and find ways to address them 
• Recognize unstated assumptions and values 
• Comprehend and use language 
• Gather information 
• Interpret data, appraise evidence and evaluate arguments 
• Recognize relationships between propositions 
• Draw conclusions and make generalizations 
• Test conclusions and generalizations 
• Render judgments 
• Reconstruct patterns of belief on the basis of experience

Based on An Experiment in the Development of Critical Thinking, Edward M. Glaser, Teacher's College, Columbia University, 1941.

Source: Elder and Paul