Critical thinking strategy is simply a “way” of promoting or facilitating the cognitive act of thinking critically.
Critical thinking is the continued application of impartial, accurate and “conscientious” analysis, interpretation, contextualization and synthesis of multiple data sources and cognitive perspectives in search of understanding.
What are the 7 critical thinking strategies? Someone sent me an email recently, asking this question and I was immediately surprised how many more than seven there were. 27? 77?
Infinity?
This is a post that will have to be updated over time, because define, clarify, offer tips for and examples for anyone would be a short book.
But I created the schedule and listed many dozen to start with below (60 so far). I also started adding a little thinking for everyone, but as I mentioned, it will take time because it is such an ambitious list (sort of like Types of questions I posted recently.) So, in the list.
1. Analyze
One of the more basic strategies for critical thinking is “analysis”: determine the parts and see the connections between these parts and how they contribute to the whole.
2. Interpretation
Explain the meaning or meaning of “something” in a specific content or a particular audience. Like a “translation”, but (generally) with more compound demand.
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Make a reasonable conclusion based on the best available data. This critical thinking strategy is useful almost everywhere-from reading to a game game to solve a problem in the real world.
4. Use Hayk Domini on the taxonomy of knowledge
In fact, many of these strategies are embedded in taxonomy.
5. Separate cause and consequence
And the concept map it – and maybe even think of previous causes of the most non -consistent causes and predict future possible effects. For example, if you are considering the effect (eg pollution), you may see one reason to be a new industrial factory built near a river or outflow. But you may also think about what is allowed or “causes” this factory to be built – a change in the area or tax relief given by the local government, for example.
6. Prioritization
Prioritization is an executive neurological function that requires knowledge to then apply critical thinking to or on.
7. Deconstruction
And talk or comment on the deconstruction. Deconstructing a skyscraper or cultural movement or school or application. This is somewhere between analysis and reverse engineering.
8. Reverse Engineer
9. Write
Writing (well) is one of the most cognitively demanding things students usually do. It is also a wonderful strategy to promote critical thinking, a type of vehicle to help it develop. Certainly one can write without thinking critically or think critically without writing, but when they work together – in the form of a thinking diary, for example, the effects can be captivating.
10. Think
Observation and reflection is a A major model for reflection. The nature of the reflection, of course, determines whether this is actually a strategy for critical thinking, but it is certainly a worthy addition to this list.
11. Separate the subjective of the target
And a fact of opinion.
12. Be vigilant in the distinction of beliefs and facts or truths
In order to be able to think critically requires
Dewey described critical thinking as “reflexive thinking” (see #10) – “the active, constant and careful consideration of any faith or alleged form of knowledge in the light of the grounds that support it and the more further conclusions that tend to.” (Dewey 1910: 6; 1933: 9) It is clear that it can be done consistently this requires a person to separate beliefs (which are personal and liquid) and knowledge (which is more universal and less liquid -albeit the depth and nature of knowledge and understanding to change over time).
13. Connection and connection
This is somewhere between the analysis and the mapping of the concept, but the view of the connection between things – ideas, trends, opportunities, problems – is not only useful as a strategy, but also how the brain learns: by making connections.
14. Use formal and/or informal inquiry
15. Use 5 WS
A flexible investigation and thought strategy, 5 WS provides a kind of starting point for continuing thought: who, what, where, why and when.
16. Use spiral thinking
17. Map of concept
18. Illustrate what is known, currently unknown and unknown
This is an analysis of parts, part epistemology.
19. Use the Bloom taxonomy
20. Apply informed skepticism
21. Use the stems of the question and statements
22. Take a look at the story of an idea, position, social norm, etc.
They change especially over time.
23. Debate
24. Analyze from multiple perspectives
25. Transfer
26. Patience
27. Accept the right thinking
28. Humility
29. Judge
30. Learning links
For example, between beliefs, observations and facts.
31. See “Truth” in degrees/Non-Road
32. Improve something
33. Curiosity
Like the request, but more a reason for the study than the strategy itself.
34. Creativity
35. Look at the nature of thinking and faith
This lays the basis for long -term critical thinking.
36. Individuals of their ideas
This is not necessarily a pure strategy for critical thinking, but it can reduce bias and promote rationality and objective analysis.
37. Making some abstract concrete or something specific abstract
38. Challenge something
39. Predict and protect
40. Form a question, then improve this issue before gathering information
41. Revive a question after information/observation
42. Criticism of something
43. Observe something
Although not in fact it is “critical thinking”, critical thinking rarely happens without it. This is one (of many) fuels for a higher order thinking.
44. Revive something
45. Transfer a lesson or philosophical position from one situation to another
A lesson from nature to the design of an instrument or solution to a problem.
46. Compare and compare two or more things
47. Test the model validity
Or even create a basic mathematical model to predict something-real-world probabilities, etc.
48. Create an analogy
This helps to emphasize relationships, rules and effects.
49. Adapt something for something new
For example, a new feature or audience or application.
50. Determine the basic assumptions
51. Analyze the role of social norms for the “truth”
Or even the nature of the truth itself.
52. Tell a sequence
53. Define the first truths or principles
A principle is a proposal that cannot be derived from another proposal (or assumption) and thus can be considered “first” or most fundamental.
54. Save the Thinking Diary
55. Determine and explain a model
56. Study the link between text and subtext
Or explicit and implicit ideas.
57. Elegantly emphasize the nuance of something
58. Determine cognitive bias and blind spots
59. Use the training based on the model
I will soon provide a model for this, but I have been using it with students for years.
60. Take and Protect position
Like the debate, it can be one -sided, in writing, in a podcast or even a concept card. This is a simple strategy: indicate “position” and protect it with the best possible data and impartial thinking
60 critical thinking strategies for learning
