CRITICAL THINKING
Core Cri�cal Thinking Skills
INTERPRETATION EVALUATION
To comprehend and express the meaning or significance of a wide variety of experiences , situa�ons , data , events , judgments , conven�ons , beliefs , rules , procedures , or criteria
To assess the credibility of statements or other representa�ons that are accounts or descrip�ons of a person ’ s percep�on , experience , situa�on , judgment , belief , or opinion ; and to assess the logical strength of the actual or intended inferen�al rela�onships among statements , descrip�ons , ques�ons
ANALYSIS EXPLANATION
To iden�fy the intended and actual inferen�al rela�onships among statements , ques�ons , concepts , descrip�ons , or other forms of representa�on intended to express belief , judgment , experiences , reasons , informa�on , or opinions
To state and to jus�fy that reasoning in terms of the eviden�al , conceptual , methodological , criteriological , and contextual considera�ons upon which one ’ s results were based ; and to present one ’ s reasoning in the form of cogent arguments
INFERENCE SELF-REGULATION
To iden�fy and secure elements needed to draw reasonable conclusions ; to form conjectures and hypotheses ; to consider relevant informa�on and to reduce the consequences flowing from data , statements , principles , evidence , judgments , beliefs , opinions , concepts , descrip�ons , ques�ons
Self-consciously to monitor one ’ s cogni�ve ac�vi�es , the elements used in those ac�vi�es , and the results educed , par�cularly by applying skills in analysis , and evalua�on to one ’ s own inferen�al judgments with a view toward ques�oning , confirming , valida�ng , or correc�ng either one ’ s reasoning or one ’ s results
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Source : APA Report : Expert Consensus Statement on Critical Thinking . ( ERIC ED 315 423