Critical thinking involves paying close attention to detail,exploring, evaluating and comparing ideas and evidence. It involves asking questions like Why? What if? So What? What is next?
Critical thinking is an essential part of university. Lecturers expect students to critically analyse evidence, write critically and think critically for themselves.Critical thinking goes beyond basic recall of information and involves constructing arguments and creating ideas. There are 3 processes involved with critical thinking these include:
Analysing
Judging
Making decisions
Analysing: This is the first step to critical thinking. It involves examining detail to gain understanding. You must look carefully at information from a variety of different points of view.
Judging: The second stage of critical thinking involves forming ideas and opinions on a subject. It involves evaluation, inference and interpretation. Ever heard of the term "Never judge a book by its cover?" This process is involved in judging, we must read the text, re-read the text, form a judgement and find reasons to support our answer.
Making decisions: This is the final stage of critical thinking. Here you must make a choice and take action based on your understanding. It involves looking beyond the obvious, finding similarities and differences within a text.
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