ASCI 1120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Critical Thinking
14 Apr 2016
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Its accuracy) of something (ex. a form of media) Produce a convincing argument that jusiies their judgment. Making reasoned (=arrived at by logical thinking) judgments (judging=consists of determining the degree to which a thing meets a standard, a rule, or other criteria. Student answers a teacher"s quesion = teacher judge accuracy of their responses before acceping or responding to them. Is not making decisions or solving problems, or relecive thinking, creaive thinking or conceptualizing. Purpose: to determine the point of which something meets some criterion or the extent to which it is an authenic instance of a speciically deined phenomenon. Criical = criterion = benchmark for judging. Six disinguishing elements: disposiions, criteria, argument, reasoning, point of view, procedures for applying criteria and judging. Habitual ways of behaving, want others to behave similar to them. Good c thinkers: disposed to skepicism, quesion accuracy, authenicity, plausibility, suiciency of what"s presented.
