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Critical Thinking Model
This
general model for critical thinking emphasizes the same
process-oriented approach of the scientific method:
Focus
or Observation:
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Begins
each cycle of the model, where one engages in a particular subject
matter
Question
or hypothesis:
·
Idea
about how a system works
Content
and Value:
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Data
generating stages and where the value and context is described. The relative amounts of these two
components will vary depending on the question or hypothesis.
Analysis
and Deliberation component:
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Action
component of the model
·
Weigh
relative merits of both content and value components of the
question.
·
Both
the data of the content and the value nature of the question must be
scrutinized, using the most rigorous and critical procedures
available.
·
Evaluate
whether the data are valid, use data to make generalizations
Decision
or Description of the solution:
·
Choice
of “best “ answer to the problem
·
This
decision should only be perceived as final for this cycle of the
model. The question should be returned to when new information is
available.
New
Focus or Observation:
·
Any
description or decision should lead to a new observation or focus
and the model would once again be placed in motion.
This makes the model cyclic and, in reality, as long as there
is new content, the model is returned to and gone through again and
again.
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