9V Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking: disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informedby evidence.

Being a critical thinker requires you to break down information so that you can reflect on it in a different way.  Critical Thinking is a skill that you develop and improve as you get older.  As you get older, you become more intelligent and understand the importance of critical thinking.  In order to be a critical thinker you have to "think outside of the box." When you critically think, you go more into depth of the topic or situation.  Being more open minded about a topic is a good skill to have when you are critically thinking.  This term "critical thinking" relates to everything we have been learning in inquiry.  We just talked about mastery, and I believe in order to reach the level of mastery you have to be a critical thinker.  You also have to be intelligent in order to use the skill of critical thinking.  Critical thinking is a skill that all college students should learn to master.

New Vocabulary:

Logos: arguments based on facts and reason.
In my Media class we are learning that logos is one of Aristotle's artistic proofs.  While most people make their decisions based on emotions or strength of character/reputation and creditability, many people value arguments based on fact and reason.

Summary: drastically reduces version of what you're reading.
In English we are reading articles and learning how to summarize them.  Summaries are in your own words and are usually about one third the length of the original reading.