Read In Critical

Critical thinking is "a careful assessment and not in a hurry to whether we should accept, reject or suspend the assessment of a declaration, and the level of confidence with which we accept or reject it."
from Critical Thinking by Moore and Parker.

Strategies For Reading In Critical

Ask the following questions in your own self:

* What topic?
* What conclusions drawn by the author about the topic?
* What reasons the author stated that reliable?
o Beware that no objective reasons (such as pity, fear, penyalahguaan
statistics, etc.) that can deceive the reader.
* Does the author use facts or opni?
o Facts can be proven.
o Opinion can not be proven and may not mimiliki strong foundation.
* Does the author use words or emotionally neutral?
o Critical readers look beyond the words to find out whether the obvious reasons.

Characteristics of Critical Thinking

* They are honest with ourselves
* They resist manipulation
* They overcome confusion
* They asked
* They based their assessment on evidence
* They look for relationships between topics
* They are free intellectually

Adapted from Critical Thinking by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero