Multicultural Education (TED 1400)

Levels of Critical Thinking

Basic CT Skills:

main Idea

evaluation (Justify opinions, rate, give opinions)

categorize and classify

compare/contrast

define

analogy

description

summarize

apply

demonstrate

Complex Critical Thinking Skills/Concepts

analyze/analysis

synthesize

drawing inferences/conclusions

interpreting/comprehending evidence

selection of appropriate recourses/evidence/data

problem solving

critical evaluation

decision making

make judgements based on data

application

hypothesis making

Metacognitive skills also need to be taught at both levels.

Basic MC Skills:

being accurate

being clear

being open-minded

being sensitive to the feelings and level of knowledge of others

engaging in tasks even when the answers are not apparent

being aware of one’s own thinking, planning

being aware of resources

Higher Level MC Skills:

taking a position when warranted

pushing the limits of one’s knowledge

generating and maintaining one’s own standards of evaluation, generating new ways of viewing a situation

evaluating the effectiveness of one’s own actions

being able to describe the process or reasons behind one’s thinking or actions