Critical thinking is deciding rationally what to or what not to believe and is essential in problem-solving and decision-making. Articles explain the concept and how to think critically.
By Peter Facione
- pdf format. Excellent article explaining what critical thinking involves and why critical thinking is so important to all of us.
(Added: 5-Aug-2003 Hits: 239
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By Roy Eichhorn
- Critical thinking is the ability to be in control of one’s thinking. It includes the ability to consciously examine the elements of one’s reasoning, or that of another, and evaluate that reasoning against universal intellectual standards - clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, and logic. It also involves the structured examination of sources of information. The Army Management Staff College (AMSC) has included critical thinking in its curriculum overtly since January of 1991. Learn how the army teaches it's recruits to engage in essential critical thinking processes.
(Added: 16-May-2006 Hits: 211
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By na
- Exlores the relationship between logic (and logical errors), decision-making, and other factors with respect to manageral decison-making
(Added: 30-May-2004 Hits: 336
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