CS COMP 149 Modeling Critical Thinking

CS COMP 149 - “How to Solve It”
Modeling - Critical Thinking - Fall-Spring

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How to Solve It

Modeling Critical Thinking

The learner who tries to model critical thinking methods encourages the same in others by asking questions that stimulate thinking essential to the construction of knowledge. For you to learn, you must do your own thinking, your own construction of knowledge. You must focus on questions, readings, and other activities that stimulate your mind to take ownership of key concepts and principles underlying the subject.

Some typical questions you can ask as you are developing critical thinking skills:

What do you mean by_______________?
How did you come to that conclusion?
What was said in the text?
What is the source of your information?
What is the source of information in the report?
What assumption led you to that conclusion?
Suppose you are wrong? What are the implications or the results?
Why did you make that inference**? Is another one more consistent with the data?
Why is this issue significant or very important?
How do I know that what you are saying is true?
What might an alternate explanation be for this situation?

**Inference is the act or process of drawing a conclusion based solely on what you already know. Suppose you see rain on your window - you can infer from that, quite trivially, that the sky is grey. Looking out the window would have yielded the same fact, but through a process of perception, not inference.

First Semester

Second Semester

Critical Thinking:
Goals
Introduction
What is it?
Abstract Reasoning
Arguments & Claims
Principles
Modeling & Questions
Common Concepts
References

*Vocabulary
*Carlin Oxymorons
*6 Basic Mistakes
*Baloney Detection
*Irrationalities,Fallacies
*7 Rules Thinking Skills
*Knowledge for Business
*The Plan
*Dangerous Ideas