Critical thinking is careful and deliberate determination of whether to accept, reject, or suspend judgment.
Moore and Parker, 1994.
Critical thinking is "reasonably and reflectively deciding what to believe or do."
Ennis (1985)
Critical thinking is "a process which stresses an attitude of suspended judgment, incorporates logical inquiry and problem solving, and leads to an evaluative decision or action."
NCTE Committee on Critical Thinking and the Language Arts.
These three quotes are all very similar in their definition of critical thinking, and directly relate to my personal experience with developing the skills needed to create hypertextual work. Throughout my work in this class, I have developed from an unfocused and awkward feeling towards writing in this new way, becoming more aware of how I go about creatively thinking and critically developing my thoughts. The most important part of this progression is the acknowledgement that while I am working, I am consciously making decisions about the information I am using relates to what I have already said, and what I am going to say. It is about an engaging process that builds as you go, and requires recognition of the bigger picture as work formulates.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Critical Thinking
"Critical thinking is careful and deliberate determination of whether to accept, reject, or suspend judgment." I would utlize this quote in determining how I think and use outside information. For instance the reading response we had to do for media ownership and remixing,I would have to think about ideas that I accept, reject, or suspend in regards to judgment.
"The purpose of critical thinking is, therefore, to achieve understanding, evaluate view points, and solve problems. Since all three areas involve the asking of questions, we can say that critical thinking is the questioning or inquiry we engage in when we seek to understand, evaluate, or resolve." This quote describes my thinking for the civic engagment project that I am working on. The process of outside reasearch, primary and secondary sources. I have to evaluate the information I find and determine whether or not it is useful to me and how, or the way it would support my work.
Critical thinking is "reasonably and reflectively deciding what to believe or do."
Ennis (1985. I think this is what I do in regards to creating my personal hypertext. It's hard to make decisions to incorporate my writing and design at the same time.
"The purpose of critical thinking is, therefore, to achieve understanding, evaluate view points, and solve problems. Since all three areas involve the asking of questions, we can say that critical thinking is the questioning or inquiry we engage in when we seek to understand, evaluate, or resolve." This quote describes my thinking for the civic engagment project that I am working on. The process of outside reasearch, primary and secondary sources. I have to evaluate the information I find and determine whether or not it is useful to me and how, or the way it would support my work.
Critical thinking is "reasonably and reflectively deciding what to believe or do."
Ennis (1985. I think this is what I do in regards to creating my personal hypertext. It's hard to make decisions to incorporate my writing and design at the same time.
Critical thinking & my hypertext philosophy
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Critical thinking is the development of cohesive and logical reasoning patterns. Stahl and Stahl, 1991.
Thus, critical thinking involves: following evidence where it leads; considering all possibilities; relying on reason rather than emotion; being precise; considering a variety of possible viewpoints and explanations; weighing the effects of motives and biases, Kurland, Daniel J. I Know What It Says . . . What does it Mean? 1995.
Critical thinking is "a process which stresses an attitude of suspended judgment, incorporates logical inquiry and problem solving, and leads to an evaluative decision or action."
NCTE Committee on Critical Thinking and the Language Arts.
Personally, I find that these definitions of critical thinking really applied to the way I created my hypertext projects. I tried to use cohesive patterns of reasoning- to make all of the links make sense. I also wanted to make MY evidence follow where it leads...so everything is in a logical order. Also, I think that the organization of a hypertext has to be logical- one has to make decisions- what are the key words to link, what should the links lead to? etc.. Mostly, the decisions used when making a hypertext must be logical so that a reader can follow the lead and understand the reasoning behind it.
Critical thinking is the development of cohesive and logical reasoning patterns. Stahl and Stahl, 1991.
Thus, critical thinking involves: following evidence where it leads; considering all possibilities; relying on reason rather than emotion; being precise; considering a variety of possible viewpoints and explanations; weighing the effects of motives and biases, Kurland, Daniel J. I Know What It Says . . . What does it Mean? 1995.
Critical thinking is "a process which stresses an attitude of suspended judgment, incorporates logical inquiry and problem solving, and leads to an evaluative decision or action."
NCTE Committee on Critical Thinking and the Language Arts.
Personally, I find that these definitions of critical thinking really applied to the way I created my hypertext projects. I tried to use cohesive patterns of reasoning- to make all of the links make sense. I also wanted to make MY evidence follow where it leads...so everything is in a logical order. Also, I think that the organization of a hypertext has to be logical- one has to make decisions- what are the key words to link, what should the links lead to? etc.. Mostly, the decisions used when making a hypertext must be logical so that a reader can follow the lead and understand the reasoning behind it.
Quotes
Critical thinking is the formation of logical inferences. - Simon and Kapplan, 1989.
Critical thinking is the development of cohesive and logical reasoning patterns. - Stahl and Stahl, 1991.
Critical thinking is "the examination and testing of suggested solutions to see whether they will work." - Lindzey, Hall, and Thompson, 1978.
I think that these quotes represent my experiences in creating my hypertexts fairly well. In my experiences I have started with a central idea, and then by trial and error broken it down into different sections. Hopefully all these different sections are unique but relate well to each other. They need to stand alone by themselves, but also contribute to something larger.
Critical thinking is the development of cohesive and logical reasoning patterns. - Stahl and Stahl, 1991.
Critical thinking is "the examination and testing of suggested solutions to see whether they will work." - Lindzey, Hall, and Thompson, 1978.
I think that these quotes represent my experiences in creating my hypertexts fairly well. In my experiences I have started with a central idea, and then by trial and error broken it down into different sections. Hopefully all these different sections are unique but relate well to each other. They need to stand alone by themselves, but also contribute to something larger.
Critical Thinking
Some of these definitions seemed to propose the exact opposite of what occurs in hypertext writing: focusing on one main goal, and figuring out how to get there. With hypertexts, one has to continually disperse and and find new, but related, topics to discuss. I think the three best defitions are:
Critical thinking also involves evaluating the thinking process - the
reasoning that went into the conclusion we've arrived at the kinds of factors considered in making a decision.
Halpern, Diane F. Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking. 1996.
"The purpose of critical thinking is, therefore, to achieve understanding, evaluate view points,and solve problems. Since all three areas involve the asking of questions, we can say that critical thinking is the questioning or inquiry we engage in when we seek to understand, evaluate, or resolve."
Maiorana, Victor P. Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum: Building the Analytical Classroom. 1992.
"Broadly speaking, critical thinking is concerned with reason, intellectual honesty, and open-mindedness, as opposed too emotionalism, intellectual laziness, and closed-mindedness. Thus, critical thinking involves: following evidence where it leads; considering all possibilities; relying on reason rather than emotion; being precise; considering a variety of possible viewpoints and explanations; weighing the effects of motives and biases; being concerned more with finding the truth than with being right; not rejecting unpopular views out of hand; being aware of one's own prejudices and biases, and not allowing them to sway one's judgment."
Kurland, Daniel J. I Know What It Says . . . What does it Mean? 1995.
These three definitions involve evaluation and thinking, but allow for freedom and broadening of the writing.
Critical thinking also involves evaluating the thinking process - the
reasoning that went into the conclusion we've arrived at the kinds of factors considered in making a decision.
Halpern, Diane F. Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking. 1996.
"The purpose of critical thinking is, therefore, to achieve understanding, evaluate view points,and solve problems. Since all three areas involve the asking of questions, we can say that critical thinking is the questioning or inquiry we engage in when we seek to understand, evaluate, or resolve."
Maiorana, Victor P. Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum: Building the Analytical Classroom. 1992.
"Broadly speaking, critical thinking is concerned with reason, intellectual honesty, and open-mindedness, as opposed too emotionalism, intellectual laziness, and closed-mindedness. Thus, critical thinking involves: following evidence where it leads; considering all possibilities; relying on reason rather than emotion; being precise; considering a variety of possible viewpoints and explanations; weighing the effects of motives and biases; being concerned more with finding the truth than with being right; not rejecting unpopular views out of hand; being aware of one's own prejudices and biases, and not allowing them to sway one's judgment."
Kurland, Daniel J. I Know What It Says . . . What does it Mean? 1995.
These three definitions involve evaluation and thinking, but allow for freedom and broadening of the writing.
Critical Thinking
"Critical thinking also involves evaluating the thinking process - the reasoning that went into the conclusion we've arrived at the kinds of factors considered in making a decision. Critical thinking is sometimes called directed thinking because it focuses on a desired outcome."
"Critical thinking is the development of cohesive and logical reasoning patterns"
"Critical thinking is the formation of logical inferences."
These three quotes I chose highlight the fundamental aspect of hypertext writing that I have observed in creating my websites: "logical inferences," or, the link. In writing for a website, I have to anticipate every aspect of an argument that a reader might question or want to learn more about, and make a link to a page that has that information. I have to think about the thought process of others, and ask what they will be interested in. I can't simply make arguments without backing up with evidence. Either my lack of evidence will be evidence by the lack of a link, or the reader can quickly go to Googole and check my claims. Like critical thinking, writing a hypertext requires me to develop an argument or idea logically, and be critical with my own decisions as to what part of that argument needs to be developed-for my readers' sake, and for the sake of my argument. But more than critical thinking, any assumptions I make must have logical inferences backing it up and, unlike when I'm just thinking it in my head, must be made readily avaiable to my readers.
"Critical thinking is the development of cohesive and logical reasoning patterns"
"Critical thinking is the formation of logical inferences."
These three quotes I chose highlight the fundamental aspect of hypertext writing that I have observed in creating my websites: "logical inferences," or, the link. In writing for a website, I have to anticipate every aspect of an argument that a reader might question or want to learn more about, and make a link to a page that has that information. I have to think about the thought process of others, and ask what they will be interested in. I can't simply make arguments without backing up with evidence. Either my lack of evidence will be evidence by the lack of a link, or the reader can quickly go to Googole and check my claims. Like critical thinking, writing a hypertext requires me to develop an argument or idea logically, and be critical with my own decisions as to what part of that argument needs to be developed-for my readers' sake, and for the sake of my argument. But more than critical thinking, any assumptions I make must have logical inferences backing it up and, unlike when I'm just thinking it in my head, must be made readily avaiable to my readers.
"Critical Thinking" & Hypertexts
Critical Thinking...
"involves evaluating the thinking process - the reasoning that went into the conclusion we've arrived [...] the development of cohesive and logical reasoning pattern"
I think that these two snippets of quotes encapsule the process we have been utilizing to create our websites. We need to "evaluate the thinking process" in order to create our links to new pages; imagine how other people would see our pages to make the links logical and easy to follow. And in the end, we hope to have developed a "cohesive and logical [...] pattern" of webpages that will form each of our four projects and our website as a whole.
"involves evaluating the thinking process - the reasoning that went into the conclusion we've arrived [...] the development of cohesive and logical reasoning pattern"
I think that these two snippets of quotes encapsule the process we have been utilizing to create our websites. We need to "evaluate the thinking process" in order to create our links to new pages; imagine how other people would see our pages to make the links logical and easy to follow. And in the end, we hope to have developed a "cohesive and logical [...] pattern" of webpages that will form each of our four projects and our website as a whole.
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