Class 2 Chapter 2

 Open-minded  Knowledgeable  Mentally active  Curious  Independent thinkers  Skilled discussants  Insightful  Self-aware  Creative  Passionate

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 Think of someone that you know to be a critical thinker. List some of the qualities of that person that make him/her a critical thinker.

 Getting involved  Taking initiative in making decisions  Following through on commitments  Taking responsibility for consequences

Activities  Reading books  Writing  Watching television  Dancing  Drawing/painting  Playing video games  Playing sports  Listening to music People  Family members  Friends  Employers  Advertisers  School/college teachers  Polic officers  Religious leaders  Politicians

 Techniques that shape our thinking  Effect of images, language, music affect on viewer  Symbolic associations of words/images  Emotions elicited  Effective commercials  Role of commercials in our culture/lives

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 Integrate new knowledge, information, skills into our framework of the world  Expanding our existing framework

 Appropriate and penetrating questions  To understand material or task at hand & integrate the new understanding into one’s knowledge framework  6 categories of questions  Fact (who, what, where, when, why or how)  Interpretation (select & organize facts; relationships)  Analysis  Synthesis  Evaluation  Application

 Who  What  Where  When  Why  How

 Select & organize facts/ideas  Discover relationships among ideas  Chronological (time sequence)  Process (growth, development, change)  Comparison/contrast (similarities/differences)  Causal (showing how some events are responsible for bringing about others)

 Separate process or situation into its components  Understand the relation of parts to the whole  Classify various elements  Outline component structure  Articulate various possibilities  Clarify the reasoning being presented

 Combine ideas to form a new whole or to reach a conclusion  Make inferences  Create solutions  Design plans of action

 Make informed judgments and decisions  Determine relative value, truth, or reliability of things  Identify the criteria or standards  Determine extent to which the standards are met

 Apply knowledge or concepts gained in one situation to other situations

 Assume the role of a student group who has decided to stage a controversial play.  Read the situation described on p  As a group, decide what course of action to take.  Analyze the situation using the 6 types of questions listed  Conclude with your decision and give reasons to support your decision

 Be able to explain why you believe something  Reasons  Evaluating your beliefs  Authorities  References  Factual evidence  Personal experience