ELO-CC-2.1

Question 1

Critical Thinking

Answer 1

the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improve it.

Question 2

Universal Intellectual Standards

Answer 2

Clarity, Accuracy, Precision, Relevance, Depth, Breadth, Logic, Significance, Fairness

Question 3

Clarity

Answer 3

Could you - elaborate further, give me an example, illustrate what you mean?

Question 4

Accuracy

Answer 4

How could we - check on that, find out if that is true, verify or test that?

Question 5

Precision

Answer 5

Could you be - more specific, more exact? Could you give me more details?

Question 6

Relevance

Answer 6

How does that - relate to the problem, bear on the question, help us with the issue?

Question 7

Depth

Answer 7

What factors make this a difficult problem? What are some of the - complexities of this question, difficulties we need to deal with?

Question 8

Breadth

Answer 8

Do we need to look at this - from another perspective, in other ways? Do we need to consider another point of view?

Question 9

Logic

Answer 9

Does all this make sense together? Does your first paragraph fit in with your last? Does what you say follow from the evidence?

Question 10

Significance

Answer 10

Is this the - most important problem to consider, central idea to focus on? Which of these facts are most important?

Question 11

Fairness

Answer 11

Do I have any vested interest in this issue? Am I sympathetically representing the viewpoints of others?

Question 12

Elements of Thought (thinking)

Answer 12

Purpose (objectives), Question at issue (problem), Information (data, experiences), Interpretation and Inference (solutions), Concepts (laws, principles), Assumptions (presuppositions), Implications and Consequences, Point of View (perspectives).

Question 13

Purpose

Answer 13

What is the purpose for the reasoner? Is the purpose clearly stated or clearly implied? Is it justifiable?

Question 14

Question

Answer 14

Is the question at issue will-stated? Is it clear and unbiased?

Question 15

Information

Answer 15

Does the writer cite relevant evidence, experiences and/or information essential to the issue? Is the information accurate?

Question 16

Concepts

Answer 16

Does the writer clarify key concepts when necessary? Are the concepts used justifiably?

Question 17

Assumptions

Answer 17

Does the writer use questionable assumptions without addressing problems which might be inherent in those assumptions?

Question 18

Inferences

Answer 18

Does the writer develop a line of reasoning explaining well how s/he is arriving at the main conclusions?

Question 19

Point of View

Answer 19

Does the writer show a sensitivity to alternative relevant points of view or lines of reasoning?

Question 20

Implications

Answer 20

Does the writer show a sensitivity to the implications and consequences of the position s/he is taking?

Question 21

Three Levels of Thought

Answer 21

Level 3: Highest order thinking (explicitly reflective, routine use of CT tools, consistently fair); Level 2: Higher order thinking (selectively reflective, lacks CT vocabulary, inconsistently fair); Level 1: Lower order thinking (unreflective, frequently relies on gut intuition, largely self-serving/self deceived)