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Critical thinking is a way to consider that helps our brains to enhance its' thinking skills with individual ideas

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*************Critical thinking is something that related with mind. It is thinking and searching before talking or doing something.*****

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new definition: Critical thinking is not accepting directly the information that people give. Critical thinkers have their own opinion.

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Critical thinkers search for reliable sources and evaluate them.

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Being suspicious is the main idea... do not except an idea quickly, firstly argue on it with your friends or on your own, after if it is logical you can except it.

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http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/766

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Critical thinking...the awakening of the intellect to the study of itself.

Critical thinking is a rich concept that has been developing throughout the past 2,500 years. The term "critical thinking" has its roots in the mid-late 20th century. Below, we offer overlapping definitions which together form a substantive and trans-disciplinary conception of critical thinking.

Critical Thinking as Defined by the National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking, 1987

A statement by Michael Scriven & Richard Paul, presented at the 8th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking and Education Reform, Summer 1987.

Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness.

It entails the examination of those structures or elements of thought implicit in all reasoning: purpose, problem, or question-at-issue; assumptions; concepts; empirical grounding; reasoning leading to conclusions; implications and consequences; objections from alternative viewpoints; and frame of reference. Critical thinking - in being responsive to variable subject matter, issues, and purposes - is incorporated in a family of interwoven modes of thinking, among them: scientific thinking, mathematical thinking, historical thinking, anthropological thinking, economic thinking, moral thinking, and philosophical thinking.

Critical thinking can be seen as having two components: 1) a set of information and belief generating and processing skills, and 2) the habit, based on intellectual commitment, of using those skills to guide behavior. It is thus to be contrasted with: 1) the mere acquisition and retention of information alone, because it involves a particular way in which information is sought and treated; 2) the mere possession of a set of skills, because it involves the continual use of them; and 3) the mere use of those skills ("as an exercise") without acceptance of their results.

Critical thinking varies according to the motivation underlying it. When grounded in selfish motives, it is often manifested in the skillful manipulation of ideas in service of one's own, or one's groups', vested interest. As such it is typically intellectually flawed, however pragmatically successful it might be. When grounded in fairmindedness and intellectual integrity, it is typically of a higher order intellectually, though subject to the charge of "idealism" by those habituated to its selfish use.

Critical thinking of any kind is never universal in any individual; everyone is subject to episodes of undisciplined or irrational thought. Its quality is therefore typically a matter of degree and dependent on, among other things, the quality and depth of experience in a given domain of thinking or with respect to a particular class of questions. No one is a critical thinker through-and-through, but only to such-and-such a degree, with such-and-such insights and blind spots, subject to such-and-such tendencies towards self-delusion. For this reason, the development of critical thinking skills and dispositions is a life-long endeavor.

Another Brief Conceptualization of Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way. People who think critically consistently attempt to live rationally, reasonably, empathically. They are keenly aware of the inherently flawed nature of human thinking when left unchecked. They strive to diminish the power of their egocentric and sociocentric tendencies. They use the intellectual tools that critical thinking offers - concepts and principles that enable them to analyze, assess, and improve thinking. They work diligently to develop the intellectual virtues of intellectual integrity, intellectual humility, intellectual civility, intellectual empathy, intellectual sense of justice and confidence in reason. They realize that no matter how skilled they are as thinkers, they can always improve their reasoning abilities and they will at times fall prey to mistakes in reasoning, human irrationality, prejudices, biases, distortions, uncritically accepted social rules and taboos, self-interest, and vested interest. They strive to improve the world in whatever ways they can and contribute to a more rational, civilized society. At the same time, they recognize the complexities often inherent in doing so. They avoid thinking simplistically about complicated issues and strive to appropriately consider the rights and needs of relevant others. They recognize the complexities in developing as thinkers, and commit themselves to life-long practice toward self-improvement. They embody the Socratic principle: The unexamined life is not worth living , because they realize that many unexamined lives together result in an uncritical, unjust, dangerous world.

~ Linda Elder, September, 2007

Why Critical Thinking?

The Problem
Everyone thinks; it is our nature to do so. But much of our thinking, left to itself, is biased, distorted, partial, uninformed or down-right prejudiced. Yet the quality of our life and that of what we produce, make, or build depends precisely on the quality of our thought. Shoddy thinking is costly, both in money and in quality of life. Excellence in thought, however, must be systematically cultivated.

A Definition
Critical thinking is that mode of thinking - about any subject, content, or problem - in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully taking charge of the structures inherent in thinking and
imposing intellectual standards upon them.

The Result

A well cultivated critical thinker:

raises vital questions and problems, formulating them clearly and precisely;

gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract ideas to interpret it effectively comes to well-reasoned conclusions and solutions, testing them against relevant criteria and standards;

thinks openmindedly within alternative systems of thought, recognizing and assessing, as need be, their assumptions, implications, and practical consequences; and

communicates effectively with others in figuring out solutions to complex problems.

Critical thinking is, in short, self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. It presupposes assent to rigorous standards of excellence and mindful command of their use. It entails effective communication and problem solving abilities and a commitment to overcome our native egocentrism and sociocentrism.

(Taken from Richard Paul and Linda Elder, The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools, Foundation for Critical Thinking Press, 2008)

In a seminal study on critical thinking and education in 1941, Edward Glaser defines critical thinking as follows "The ability to think critically, as conceived in this volume, involves three things: ( 1 ) an attitude of being disposed to consider in a thoughtful way the problems and subjects that come within the range of one's experiences, (2) knowledge of the methods of logical inquiry and reasoning, and (3) some skill in applying those methods. Critical thinking calls for a persistent effort to examine any belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the evidence that supports it and the further conclusions to which it tends. It also generally requires ability to recognize problems, to find workable means for meeting those problems, to gather and marshal pertinent information, to recognize unstated assumptions and values, to comprehend and use language with accuracy, clarity, and discrimination, to interpret data, to appraise evidence and evaluate arguments, to recognize the existence (or non-existence) of logical relationships between propositions, to draw warranted conclusions and generalizations, to put to test the conclusions and generalizations at which one arrives, to reconstruct one's patterns of beliefs on the basis of wider experience, and to render accurate judgments about specific things and qualities in everyday life.

( Edward M. Glaser, An Experiment in the Development of Critical Thinking, Teacher's College, Columbia University, 1941)

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Critical thinking...the awakening of the intellect to the study of itself. Critical thinking is a rich concept that has been developing throughout the past 2,500 years. The term "critical thinking" has its roots in the mid-late 20th century. Below, we offer overlapping definitions which together form a substantive and trans-disciplinary conception of critical thinking.

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1. Complete the annotation of "The Roman Arena" (take a photo of the questions if you need to).

2. SB pp12-14 Read the instructions in the boxes. Make annotations (short notes/phrases) beside the relevant paragraphs:
- A Day at the Games
- The Gladiator Diet

3. Bring a photo of your room to class (really, we'll use it this time!!)

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Beyza and the little wolves (Artun-Kerem)

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Beyza and the little wolves (Artun-Kerem)

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Critical thinking is letting and teaching our minds to think freely. It can cause a fish to swim on it's own way, maybe different from every other fish. 🐠🐟🐡🐋

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Critical thinking is having an independent idea.Critical thinkers search for the information and make their own decisions in life

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C.T. is a way of being free in our own thoughts

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Critical thinker can seperate right from wrong. He/she can think independently and make his own decisions without getting effected. He/she doesnt accepting any ideas without criticising it.

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Critical thinking is a way of thinking that makes people ask the right questions. Without C.T we can never move forward!

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I think CTSS is about screening all the evident truths that surround us or that we already know about a specific era. It let us make the right questions to decide weither to believe, adopt something or not.**************All people ask questions. However, critical thinking is all about asking the right question. It stimulates the thinker to evaluate evidence and to shed lights on the uncertain informations. That way he can choose weither to adopt them or throw it away.

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New Definiton: Critical thinking is an effective way of learning which is based on researching different sources and evaluating them.
************* I think critical thinking is a way of people trying to understand the world

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Critical thinking is examine things and think in a different way

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Critical thinking is studying itself

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A critical thinker knows how to think, what to believe and what not to believe. They criticise every idea in their minds and they choose if they will believe it or not.

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CT is a mind working technique that you just dont dont accept the idea you question it.
There is also good quotes about it by wise people
*****************************Critical thinking means making a decision that makes a really big diffrence in a short term like a exam taking, like launching a astronaut to the space.
In my concerne one of the important thing in life is what critical thinkers do, maybe they don't get too much on the surface but we couldnt do without them

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Critical thinkers always thinks idependently and crtisise what they heard.

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Thinking critically is questining the relaibility of things , when smt is written why is it written where is it written is it reliable etc ... ************ Thinking critically is about a person who gives his/her own decisions in life. Think for theirself.

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What is critical thinking? Define critical thinking? What does a critical thinker do?

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Lyric video of Sia's song "Bird Set Free" from her new album This is Acting out January 29th 2016

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New:Critical thinkers and pay attention on every single detail.

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