Critical Thinking Task

A Critical Thinking Task is a reasoning task that evaluates information through systematic analysis to produce a reasoned judgment.

• AKA: Analytical Evaluation Task, Critical Analysis Task, Systematic Evaluation Task.
• Context:
  • It can typically involve the objective analysis of critical thinking facts to form a critical thinking judgment.
  • It can typically require critical thinking skills for evaluating critical thinking evidence systematically.
  • It can typically employ a Critical Thinking Approach to systematically evaluate critical thinking evidences, critical thinking assumptions, and critical thinking arguments.
  • It can typically measure performance through Critical Thinking Performance Measures for critical thinking quality assessment.
  • It can often include elements of critical thinking skepticism, critical thinking rationality, and critical thinking unbiased evaluation.
  • It can often challenge critical thinking preconceptions through critical thinking evidence examination.
  • It can often develop critical thinking logical reasoning capacity through critical thinking structured analysis.
  • It can often distinguish between critical thinking facts and critical thinking opinions during critical thinking information evaluation.
  • It can often identify logical fallacies in critical thinking arguments.
  • It can range from being a Basic Critical Thinking Task to being a Complex Critical Thinking Task, depending on its critical thinking analysis depth.
  • It can range from being an Academic Critical Thinking Task to being an Everyday Critical Thinking Task, depending on its critical thinking application context.
  • It can range from being a Structured Critical Thinking Task to being an Exploratory Critical Thinking Task, depending on its critical thinking methodology.
  • It can range from being an Individual Critical Thinking Task to being a Collaborative Critical Thinking Task, depending on its critical thinking participation mode.
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• Examples:
  • Critical Thinking Task Types, such as:
    • Academic Critical Thinking Tasks, such as:
      • Literature Review Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking research evaluation.
      • Research Proposal Review Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking methodology assessment.
      • Academic Source Analysis Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking scholarly argument evaluation.
    • Professional Critical Thinking Tasks, such as:
      • Strategic Planning Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking business strategy evaluation.
      • Code Review Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking software quality assessment.
      • Editorial Review Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking content quality examination.
      • Policy Analysis Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking policy effectiveness examination.
    • Information Critical Thinking Tasks, such as:
      • Source Evaluation Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking information credibility assessment.
      • Evidence-Based Analysis Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking information relevance evaluation.
      • Fact-Checking Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking claim verification.
    • Analytical Reasoning Critical Thinking Tasks, such as:
      • Argument Analysis Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking logical structure evaluation.
      • Problem-Solving Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking approach assessment.
      • Case Study Evaluation Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking specific instance analysis.
    • Multi-Perspective Critical Thinking Tasks, such as:
      • Debate Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking viewpoint analysis.
      • Multi-Perspective Analysis Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking interpretation comparison.
      • Stakeholder Analysis Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking perspective examination.
    • Ethical Critical Thinking Tasks, such as:
      • Ethical Analysis Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking moral implication assessment.
      • Value Assessment Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking principle evaluation.
      • Ethical Decision Analysis Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking ethical consideration weighing.
    • Systematic Inquiry Critical Thinking Tasks, such as:
      • Truth-Seeking Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking objective truth uncovering.
      • Investigation Analysis Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking evidence examination.
      • Root Cause Analysis Critical Thinking Task for critical thinking underlying factor identification.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Automatic Response Tasks, which rely on instinctive reactions rather than critical thinking deliberate evaluation.
  • Unquestioned Assumption Tasks, which accept premises without critical thinking skeptical examination.
  • Pure Memorization Tasks, which focus on information recall without critical thinking analytical processing.
  • Emotional Reaction Tasks, which produce feeling-based responses rather than critical thinking reasoned judgments.
• See: Operational Definition, Cognitive Task, Problem Solving Task, Evidence Evaluation, Rational Analysis, Skepticism Approach, Unbiased Assessment, Analytical Reasoning.

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References

2018

• (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/critical_thinking Retrieved:2018-1-8.
  • Critical thinking is the objective analysis of facts to form a judgment. The subject is complex, and there are several different definitions which generally include the rational, skeptical, unbiased analysis or evaluation of factual evidence.

2018

• (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/critical_thinking#History Retrieved:2018-1-8.
  • Critical thinking was described by Richard W. Paul as a movement in two waves (1994). The "first wave" of critical thinking is often referred to as a 'critical analysis' that is clear, rational thinking involving critique. Its details vary amongst those who define it. According to Barry K. Beyer (1995), critical thinking means making clear, reasoned judgments. During the process of critical thinking, ideas should be reasoned, well thought out, and judged. The U.S. National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking defines critical thinking as the “intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.”

2015

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/critical_thinking Retrieved:2015-5-22.
  • Critical thinking is clear, reasoned thinking involving critique. Its details vary amongst those who define it. According to Beyer (1995), critical thinking means making clear, reasoned judgements. During the process of critical thinking, ideas should be reasoned and well thought out/judged. The National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking defines critical thinking as the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.'

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