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Critical Thinking

Build practical understanding of claims, evidence, assumptions, logic, alternatives, bias, and uncertainty, then use it for evaluating arguments and making more defensible judgments.

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School, university, and adult learning
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Learning outcomes
4 focused outcomes

Topic overview

Learn the foundations of Critical Thinking.

Critical Thinking connects claims, evidence, assumptions, logic, alternatives, bias, and uncertainty with practical decisions and tasks. Guided examples, comparison, practice, and feedback help members apply these ideas to evaluating arguments and making more defensible judgments. The goal is to make each step easier to explain, check, and improve.

Learning outcomes for Critical Thinking

  1. 1

    Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in claims, evidence, assumptions, logic, alternatives, bias, and uncertainty

  2. 2

    Follow a repeatable process for evaluating arguments and making more defensible judgments

  3. 3

    Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

  4. 4

    Complete an independent critical thinking task and reflect on the result

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How to learn Critical Thinking step by step.

01

Build the foundation

Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in claims, evidence, assumptions, logic, alternatives, bias, and uncertainty

02

Practise with feedback

Follow a repeatable process for evaluating arguments and making more defensible judgments

03

Practise with feedback

Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

04

Apply and reflect

Complete an independent critical thinking task and reflect on the result

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