THINKING CRITICALLY
What can it be?
Thinking critically branches off from 'ordinary thinking'
Ordinary Thinking |
Critical Thinking |
Guessing |
Estimating |
Preferring |
Evaluating |
Grouping |
Classifying |
Believing |
Assuming |
Inferring |
Inferring Logoically |
Supposing |
Hypothesizing |
Associating concepts |
Grasping Principals |
CRITICAL QUESTIONS |
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C |
ConsequencesConstancy |
What are the consequences of believing this?How consistent is the information? |
A |
AssumptionsAccuracy |
What assumptions have been made?How accurate is the data/information? |
M |
MeaningMain Points |
What is the meaning of this?What is the main point here? |
P |
PrejudicePoints of View |
What prejudice is being shown?What other points of view could be expressed? |
E |
EvidenceExamples |
What evidence is given to support the statements?What examples are given to back up statements? |
R |
RelevanceReliability |
How relevant are the statements?How reliable is the source, write, information? |
M Pohl, (1999), Teaching Complex Thinking Hawker Brownlow Education
Click here to see what is expected for Senior Students at AGGS, when thinking critically about text.
You can also think critically about websites that you are using.
Click here to view CAMPER for the Internet
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