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Definition:
Critical thinking finds expression in all
disciplines and everyday life. It is
characterized by an ability to reflect upon
thinking patterns, including the role of
emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess
the quality of thought through its work
products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate
thinking processes and alter them, as necessary,
to facilitate an improvement in their thinking
and potentially foster certain dispositions or
intellectual traits over time.
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Competencies:
This outcome includes abilities designed to help
students
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Apply relevant
criteria and standards when evaluating
information, claims, and arguments.
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Use appropriate
reasoning to evaluate problems, make
decisions, and formulate solutions.
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Give reasons for
conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and
hypotheses.
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Seek out new
information to evaluate and re-evaluate
conclusions, assumptions, beliefs, and
hypotheses.
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Exhibit traits
evidencing the disposition to reflect, assess,
and improve thinking or products of thinking.
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