ARTS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Critical Thinking, Metacognition, Cognitive Bias
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Encompasses the higher order thinking skills from bloom(cid:859)s ta(cid:454)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455) (applying, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluation) . Making reasoned judgments using criteria to judge the validity of a claim . Ability to think about ones thinking is such a way as: : to recognize its strengths and weaknesses, recast the thinking in improved form. System of analysis through which one seeks to establish the validity of a proposition by: . Organizing evidence in accordance with the principles of formal reasoning. Process of critical thinking includes an acknowledgement of the likelihood of the conclusion . Characteristic of critical thinking is metacognition (thinking about ones own thinking) . Metacognition is the act of monitoring your thinking as you perform a task . Willing to look at different points of view . Willing to change positions when reason leads them to do so why is critical thinking important? . Throughout technology, the amount of information available today is massive (will continue in future)