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Technology of development

Merzlyakova T.U.
Korotova N.A.

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Technology of development

Critical thinking

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Technology of development

Critical thinkers routinely apply the intellectual standards to the elements of reasoning in order to develop intellectual traits.

The Standards
Clarity / Accuracy / Relevance / Logicalness / Breadth	Precision / Significance / Completeness / Fairness / Depth

The Elements
Purposes / Questions / Points of view / Information	Inferences / Concepts / Implications / Assumptions

Intellectual Traits
Intellectual Humility / Intellectual Autonomy / Intellectual Integrity / Intellectual Courage	Intellectual Perseverance / Confidence in Reasons / Intellectual Empathy / Fairmindedness

Universal Intellectual Standarts

Clarity	Could you elaborate further? / Could you give me an example? Could you illustrate what you mean?
Accuracy	How could we check on that? / How could we find out if that is true? / How could we verify or test that?
Precision	Could you be more specific? / Could you give me more details? / Could you be more exact?
Relevance	How does that relate to the problem? / How does that bear on the question? / How does that help us with the issue?
Depth	What factors make this a difficult problem? What are some of the complexities of thjs question?What are some of the difficulties we need to deal with?
Breadth	Do we need to look af this from another perspective? / Do we need to consider another point of view? / Do we need to look at this in other ways?
Logic	Does all this make sense together? Does your first paragraph fit in with your last? Does what you say follow from the evidence?
Signifi- / cane	Is this the most important problem to consider? / Is this the central idea to focus on? / Which of these facts are most important?
Fairness	Do I have any vested interest in this issue? / Am I sympathetically representing the view points of others?

Criteria for Evaluating Reasoning
1.Purpose: What is the purpose of the reasoner? Is the purpose clearly stated or clearly implied? Is it justifiable?
2.Question: Is the question at issue well-stated? Is it clear and unbiased? Does the expression of the question do justice to the complеxities the matter at issue? Are the question and purpose directly relevant to each other?
3. Information: Does the writer cite relevant evidence, experiences, and/or information essential to the issue? Is the information accurate? Does the writer address the complexities of the issue?
4.Concepts: Does the writer clarify key concepts when necessary? Are the concepts used justifiably?
5. Assumptions: Does the writer show a sensitivity to what he or she is taking for granted or assuming? (Insofar as those assumptions might reasonably be questioned?) Does the writer use questionable assumptions without addressing problems which might be inherent in those assumptions?
6.Inferences: Does the writer develop a line of reasoning explaining well how she is arriving at her or his main conclusion?
7.Point of view: Does the writer show a sensitivity to alternative relevant points of view or lines of reasoning? Does she consider and respond to objections framed from other relevant points of view?
8.Implications: Does the writer show a sensitivity to the implications and consequences of the position she is taking?
Essential Intellectual Traits

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