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Critical Thinking Our mind’s powers show in everything we do, from the smallest chores (comparing prices on cereals at the grocery store) to the most complex situations (figuring out how to earn money after being laid off). Our minds are able to process, store, and create with the facts and ideas they encounter. Critical and creative thinking are what enable those skills to come alive. Thinking is not a spectator sport. Decision-making is probably one of the most crucial and common thinking processes. Every problem that that needs solving requires you to make a decision. However, not every decision requires that you solve a problem. Critical thinking The dictionary defines the word critical as “indispensable” and “important.” Critical thinking has been defined as “involving the ability to explore a problem, question, or situation; integrate all the available information about it; arrive at a solution or hypothesis; and justify one's position” (Warnick & Smith, 1994). In my research I have formed my own opinion of what critical thinking is: critical thinking is important thinking that involves asking questions. Using critical thinking, we question established ideas, create new ideas, turn information into tools to solve problems and make decisions. The critical thinker asks as many kinds of questions as possible. The following are examples of possible questions about a given piece of information: Where did it come from? What could explain it? In what ways is it true or false and what examples could prove or disprove it?
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