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Name all 12 habits of a critical thinker
Persistance, tentativeness, metacognition, striving for accuracy, healthy skepticism, applying past knowledge to new situations, thinking and communicating with clarity and precision, creating imagining innovating, taking responsible risks, thinking interdependently, open Mindedness, humor
What is an example of metacognition?
Annotating while reading
What is the difference between healthy skepticism and tentativeness?
Healthy skepticism has to do with natural instinct to protect my own interest, questioning and posing problems. Tentativeness has to do with managing impulsivity, Being hesitant
An issue…
The question, different from topic, starts with is should or whether
Types of issues
Factual true or false, value good or bad, policy involves taking action
Conclusions
Positions people take on issues their claims, viewpoints, opinions, stands. Thesis statement
Reasons
Justifications, premises says, support similar but different than evidence reasons do not proof
Logos
Rational appeal logical argument an appropriate evidence specific evidence Clearpoint credible sources, Deductive/inductive reasoning
Pathos
Emotional word usage, connection to audience from author vivid descriptions
Ethos
Ethical credibility of author qualified to be making argument competent
Competence versus character
Competence is how the audience regards the speakers intelligence expertise and knowledge of the subject, character is how it audience regards a speakers sincerity trust worthiness and concern for the well-being of the audience
Value Assumptions
Believes about what is good and important that form the basis of conclusions on issues, The way the world ought to be, Form lots of arguments
Reality assumptions
What we believe to be true and factual about the world, When our arguments have wrong assumptions that they are based on the argument is faulty
Ethics
Well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do usually in terms of rights obligations of benefits to society fairness Or specific virtues. Refers to the study and development of ones own ethical standards and the necessity to constantly examines one standards to ensure they are reasonable and well-founded
Persistence
Working hard, keep trying, looking at something from different angles