Critical Thinking

Journal 5 Assignment: Critical Thinking and Test Anxiety

Using the concepts from:

"Westside Test Anxiety Scale" Form

"How to Cope with Text Taking Anxiety" in the Readings on page 28-29

"Critical Thinking" on page 30 of the Readings

Three "Introduction to Critical Thinking" Videos

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*Write a one-page Critical Thinking Journal 5 starting with:

"I can be a master test-taker by..."*

Critical Thinking Review

Characteristics of a critical thinker include:

Autonomy

Empowerment of individual lives

Intellectual humility

Courage, perseverance and empathy

Fair-mindedness

Investing in our collective future

Individualistic thinking for the good of all

Being in charge of your thinking

Examining and evaluating assumptions

Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant facts

Making plausible predictions or interpretations

Exploring implications and consequences

Evaluating the credibility of your sources of information

Avoiding generalization or oversimplifying

Looking at a problem from many different angles and coming up with a variety of solutions

Intro to Critical Thinking Lecture

What is critical thinking?

A Critical thinker studies a subject or problem with open mindedness. The process begins with a statement of what is to be studied, proceeds to unrestricted discovery of possibilities based on evidence. I'll say it again: critical thinking is the unrestricted discovery of possibilities based on evidence.

Motives, bias, and prejudice of both the learner, as well as, the experts are then compared and form the foundation of judgement.

According to Professor Richard Paul of Sonoma State University, "Critical thinking is being in charge of your thinking. It is a skill to evaluate assumptions, distinguish relevant from irrelevant facts, to make predictions and to explore the consequences.

It is important to become aware of and avoid generalizing and oversimplifying." In other words, there may be more than one solution to a problem depending upon a person's point of view. The point is be become open minded.

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