1. The First Stages of Development: What Level Thinker Are You?
Learning Outcome Assessment 1 ASSE Section 201
Chapter 5
The First Stages of Development:
What Level Thinker Are You?
Done by:
Batul AL-Towailib
Malak  AL-Obaidan
Mona AL-Hilal

2. What Level Thinker Are You? What Level Thinker Are You?

3. Outline: Stages of Development of Critical Thinking:
Stage one: The Unreflective Thinker
Stage Two: The Challenged Thinker
Stage Three: The Beginning Thinker
Stage Four: The Practicing Thinker
A “Game Plan” For Improvement
A Game Plan For devising a Game Plan
Summary

4. Stages of Development of Critical Thinking:
Master
Thinker
Advanced Thinker
Practicing Thinker
Beginning Thinker
Challenged Thinker
Unreflective Thinker

5. Stage one: The Unreflective Thinker
Don’t notice making assumptions, forming concepts and opinions, drawing inferences, and thinking within points of view.
Egocentric tendencies at this stage play a dominant role in thinking.
Lack the skills and motivation to notice self-centered and prejudice.

7. Begin to become aware that thinking is shaping our lives.
Stage Two: The Challenged Thinker
Begin to notice
Make questionable assumptions
Use false, incomplete, or misleading information
Make conclusion that do not follow from an evidence
Fail to recognize important implications in thought
Fail to recognize problems
Reason with prejudiced points of view
Begin to become aware that thinking is shaping our lives.

8. My last is in drink, so what can I be?
mystery for thinking
My first is in tea but not in leaf My second is in teapot and also in teeth My third is in caddy but not in cosy My fourth is in cup but not in rosy My fifth is in herbal and also in health My sixth is in peppermint and always in wealth
My last is in drink, so what can I be?

9. The Answer is
The Water

10. Stage Three: The Beginning Thinker
When a person actively decides to
take up the challenge to grow and
develop as a thinker, that person
enters the stage we call
"Beginning Thinker"
Are you willing to Begin?

11. As Thinkers thinking about thinking, we are merely beginning to:
How you can improve your thinking?
As Thinkers thinking about thinking,
we are merely beginning to:
Notice
Analyze
Express
Check
Distinguish
Recognize
Identify

12. our personality and personal psychology.
Thinking within a variety of domains:
Sociological: Our minds are influenced by
The social group to which we belong.
Theological: Our minds are influenced by
our religious beliefs
and attitudes.
Psychological: Our minds are influenced by
our personality and
personal psychology.

13. So, what is first step? Stage Four: The Practicing Thinker
Are you committed to regular practice?
Are like to improve your thinking?
Do you love to test yourself?
Do you need to challenges your skills?
Are you ready to know the process?
Believe yourself,
tell me,
do you like to do some the practicing?
So, what is first step?

17. A “Game Plan” For Improvement
Think about what can improve your thinking
Focus of fundamentals
Choose your point of attack
Slow down

18. A Game Plan For devising a Game Plan

19. Use “wasted” time Handle a problem a day
Internalize intellectual standards
Keep an intellectual journal
Practice intellectual strategies

20. Reshape your character
Deal with your ego
Redefine the way you see things
Get in touch with your emotions
Analyze group influences on your life

24. Summary Advanced Thinker Master Thinker Practicing Thinker
Unreflective Thinker
Challenged Thinker
Beginning Thinker
Practicing Thinker
Advanced Thinker
Master Thinker

25. Thanks For Listening