ACMB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Critical Thinking, Opportunity Cost, Sacred History
27 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
ACMB01
UTSC
Lecture 12
April 5th, 2018
Overview - Critical Thinking
Writing skill: Sentence Variation & Sound
●Housekeeping
●Critical Thinking
●F.A.T Your Paragraphs
●Writing Skill: Revision
●Peer Review
●Exit Ticket
Housekeeping
1. Journal #8 due April 5, 2018
2. Research Essay – due April 5, 2018
a. 3% bonus for two copies of the full draft brought to class for peer review
3. Course Evaluations
2
Critical Thinking
●Critical thinking is connected to active reading
○Series of mental processes leading to a conclusion
●The meaning of “critical”/“criticism” is to judge, weigh, or evaluate (rather than to
criticize negatively)
3 Minute Brainstorm:
●Choose to freewrite or mindmap
●What do you know about critical thinking? What is it? How skilled do you feel at it? Why
should it matter to you?
Bloom’s Taxonomy: The highest level is synthesis - the creation of new material
NOTE: Some of the slides were skipped due to the lack of time. This just includes what was
covered in the lecture.
Involves 3 elements:
1. A positive attitude towards thoughtful consideration of problems and subjects that come into
the range of your experience
2. Knowledge of the methods of logical inquiry and reasoning
3. Developing skill in applying those methods
Habits of Mind: Habitual ways a person approaches the task:
●Think
●Collaborate
●Problem Solve
3
Try to find which way you use develop that method.
Methods: Critical thinking can involve:
●Critical thinking could involve:
○Analyzing
○Questioning
○Comparing
○Connecting
○Synthesizing
○Weighing evidence
○Generalizing
○Other activities
Skill: Asking powerful questions.
Examples:
●What is my purpose, goal, or agenda?
●What is the key question I must answer? What is the main problem I need to solve? What
is the crucial issue I must resolve?
●What is the key information I need to answer the question? What is the information I
need to solve the main problem? What is the information I need to resolve the crucial
issue?
●Given the information I have at my disposal, what tentative conclusions can I come to?
How can I best interpret the information I have?
●What is the key concept or idea I need to understand to make sense of the data and to
answer the question, solve the problem, or resolve the issue?
●As I think through this question, problem, or issue, what am I taking for granted or
assuming? Am I justified in doing so?
Document Summary
Housekeeping: journal #8 due april 5, 2018, research essay due april 5, 2018, 3% bonus for two copies of the full draft brought to class for peer review, course evaluations. Critical thinking is connected to active reading. Series of mental processes leading to a conclusion. The meaning of (cid:392)critical(cid:393)/(cid:392)criticism(cid:393) is to judge, weigh, or evaluate (rather than to criticize negatively) Bloom"s taxonomy: the highest level is synthesis - the creation of new material. Note: some of the slides were skipped due to the lack of time. This just includes what was covered in the lecture. Involves 3 elements: a positive attitude towards thoughtful consideration of problems and subjects that come into the range of your experience, knowledge of the methods of logical inquiry and reasoning, developing skill in applying those methods. Habits of mind: habitual ways a person approaches the task: Try to find which way you use develop that method. Revising is not simply correcting and polishing your draft.
