Using Creative Thinking in your personal life or career path

Write a 10 page essay (not counting required title or reference page).

Instructions:

Begin the process of constructing your project by choosing a particular issue or problem. It could be related to your personal life or career path. The goal is then to align this problem or issue, with a specific logic model and/or other critical thinking tools.  As you construct your essay, utilize critical thinking tools to evaluate your data and your credible research, interpret this data, and understand your specific problem or issue from a broader, deeper and more focused perspective. 

In constructing your essay, utilize and integrate the Elements of Thought (Empirical Dimensions, Purpose or Goal, the Question, Assumptions, Conceptual Dimensions, Inferences we make, Implications and Consequences, Point of View or Frame of Reference) You can read definitions about these at http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/glossary-of-critical-thinking-terms/496 

Your paper must:

• Cite at least 6 scholarly peer-reviewed sources in APA Format
• Incorporate terms and concepts from the Elements of Thought listed above
• Be formatted in Times New Roman 12 Point Font double spaced 1" margins

An example of a topic is how a writer / reporter can use critical thinking skills to avoid making errors or allowing emotions in a emotionally charged report / issue. 

Critical Thinking: 

1. Thinking independently
2. Exercising fairmindedness
3. Exploring thoughts underlying feelings and feelings underlying thoughts
4. Refining generalizations and avoiding simplifications
5. Clarifying issues, conclusions, or beliefs
6. Clarifying and analyzing the meanings of words and phrases
7. Developing criteria for evaluation; clarifying values and standards
8. Evaluating the credibility of sources of information
9. Analyzing or evaluating arguments, interpretations, beliefs or theories
10. Generating or assessing solutions
11. Reading critically
12. Listening critically
13. Examining or evaluating assumptions
14. Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant facts
15. Making plausible inferences, predictions or interpretations