EDITORIAL
Having the ability to think critically is an important skill that many people lack. Critical Thinking is the best way to solve problems since it requires looking at an issue from several standpoints before reaching a final decision. It includes the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking. Someone with critical thinking skills is able to do the following:
• Understand the logical connections between ideas
• Identify, construct and evaluate arguments
• Detect inconsistencies and common mistakes in reasoning
• Solve problems systematically
• Identify the relevance and importance of ideas
• Reflect on the justification of one's own beliefs and values
• Critical thinking involves:
• Higher level of analysis, the better you are at noticing "underlying issues" rather than just "surface" stuff, the better observer/evaluator you are.
• Higher level of thought processing - whenever something involves critical thinking, it calls for our intelligence to go through a much lengthier and demanding process of thought.
• Higher level of concentration - "critical thinking" causes the 'student' or learner to use knowledge, background, questioning, formulas, hypothesis, and other information to focus
• Abstract thinking - ties into critical thinking. A person will try to make broad connections whenever they critically analyze something. They do not look for what is the obvious.