B2 Critical Thinking by Vic Stephenson https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading Please add your ideas here! en-us 2017-01-19 10:08:15 UTC 2025-10-05 16:47:22 UTC hello@padlet.com what is critical thinking? Why is it important / how do you demonstrate it? Key questions to ask (CT overview) vstephenson https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361168491 Teeside Uni resources]]> 2019-05-17 13:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361168491 supporting your points with relevant / reliable evidence vstephenson https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361169323 2019-05-17 13:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361169323 what is a reliable source? vstephenson https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361169601 2019-05-17 13:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361169601 evaluating arguments - logical fallacies vstephenson https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361169738 https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyMttrs/photos/a.305663529533101/1240274369405341/?type=3&theater]]> 2019-05-17 13:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361169738 AP English Language and Composition vstephenson https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170289 2019-05-17 13:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170289 https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170485 Links between ideas - does it form a logical / coherent argument? Identifying redundancy / repetition / useless information]]> 2019-05-17 13:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170485 identifying arguments vstephenson https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170494 2019-05-17 13:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170494 fact vs opinion vstephenson https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170594 2019-05-17 13:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170594 Finding and evaluating sources of evidence vstephenson https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170916 2019-05-17 13:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170916 https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170973 Reasoning  identify inconsistencies and errors in arguments ]]> 2019-05-17 13:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361170973 Making links between unlikely causes and effects (parachuting cats in Borneo - unintented consequences) https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361171485 2019-05-17 13:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361171485 ceciliaheviabongiovanni https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361172625 Awareness of different perspectives ]]> 2019-05-17 13:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361172625 encouraging students to form arguments against their real opinions https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361172959 2019-05-17 13:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361172959 jmills8 https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361173300 Judging significance of ideas or evidence]]> 2019-05-17 13:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361173300 https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361173357 'Fake news' era]]> 2019-05-17 13:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361173357 https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361173586 Ability to infer ]]> 2019-05-17 13:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361173586 interpreting data vstephenson https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361173666 2019-05-17 13:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361173666 jmills8 https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361174296 Logical reasoning]]> 2019-05-17 13:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361174296 jmills8 https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361174526 Understanding different interpretations and reasons for them]]> 2019-05-17 13:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361174526 ceciliaheviabongiovanni https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361176422 https://youtu.be/6OLPL5p0fMg]]> 2019-05-17 13:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361176422 https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361176799 Task:
Vist an independent cafe and a chain cafe and decide  which you prefer and why.

Unpick: criteria used to form opinion, e.g. taste, value for money, customer experience, environment, cleanliness etc.
Identify evidence for each criterion
Check logic between evidence and conclusion
Which are crteria are significant and which incidental (red herrings)

Transfer the skills:
Read article: e.g. trump on climate change
Identify arguments/ opinions
Establish criiteria for evaluating evidence supporting arguments/ opinions e.g. authority, currency, logic of conclusion
Evaluate evidence based on criteria
Draw conclusions, check they're logical.

Analysis
Evaluate types of fallacy in weak evidence in text]]> 2019-05-17 13:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361176799 https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361415058 2019-05-18 18:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/361415058 Understanding and responding to feedback jmills8 https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/364299602 http://www.sussex.ac.uk/skillshub/?id=319]]> 2019-05-29 11:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vstephenson/reading/wish/364299602