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Types of Thinking

Analyzing
Analyzing

Critical Thinking. Critical thinking refers to the process of actively analyzing, assessing, synthesizing, evaluating and reflecting on information gathered from observation, experience, or communication. It is thinking in a clear, logical, reasoned, and reflective manner to solve problems or make decisions.

Applying Standards
Applying Standards

Universal intellectual standards are standards which must be applied to thinking whenever one is interested in checking the quality of reasoning about a problem, issue, or situation. To think critically entails having command of these standards. To help students learn them, teachers should pose ...

Concrete Thinking vs Abstract Thinking
Concrete Thinking vs Abstract Thinking

Concrete vs Abstract Thinking People always think differently. Some may think in concrete terms and some in abstract terms. Concrete thinking refers to the thinking on the surface whereas abstract thinking is related to thinking in depth.

Convergent Thinking vs Divergent Thinking
Convergent Thinking vs Divergent Thinking

2) what is convergent thinking? and so 3) which is better? divergent vs. convergent thinking for idea generation. what is divergent thinking? The term “divergent thinking” refers to that strategy of solving problems characterized by the proposal of a multiplicity of possible solutions in an attempt to determine the one that works.

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Creative Thinking vs Analytical Thinking
Creative Thinking vs Analytical Thinking

Critical Thinking, on the other hand, is more evaluative in nature and analyses a particular thing. Hence, one can conclude that while Creative thinking is generative in purpose, Critical Thinking is analytical in purpose. This is one of the main differences between creative thinking and critical thinking.

Creative Thinking vs Analytical Thinking
Creative Thinking vs Analytical Thinking

Critical Thinking, on the other hand, is more evaluative in nature and analyses a particular thing. Hence, one can conclude that while Creative thinking is generative in purpose, Critical Thinking is analytical in purpose. This is one of the main differences between creative thinking and critical thinking.

Discriminating
Discriminating

Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination by Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani and Dr. Hammond Tarry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Information Seeking
Information Seeking

The literature of information-seeking often refers to motivation, critical thinking, and learning theory, so it is necessary to examine the core research in those areas in order to fully understand the complexity of information-seeking behavior in Generation Y students.

Logical Reasoning
Logical Reasoning

Logic is the science of how to evaluate arguments and reasoning. Critical thinking is a process of evaluation which uses logic to separate truth from falsehood, reasonable from unreasonable beliefs.

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Predicting
Predicting

Predicting involves thinking ahead while reading and anticipating information and events in the text. After making predictions, students can read through the text and refine, revise, and verify their predictions. This resource guides you through suggestions to help students learn how to be successful in their predictions.

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Sequential (Linear) Thinking vs Holistic Thinking
Sequential (Linear) Thinking vs Holistic Thinking

Sequential (linear) Thinking vs. Holistic Thinking Concrete Thinking vs. Abstract Thinking Concrete thinking refers to the thinking on the surface whereas abstract thinking requires much more analysis and goes deeper. Concrete thinking will only consider the literal meaning while abstract thinking goes deeper than the facts to consider multiple or hidden meanings.

Transforming Knowledge
Transforming Knowledge

In Transforming Critical Thinking, Thayer-Bacon argues for the transformation of  critical thinking theory through a ‘feminist redescription of critical thinking’, which she terms ‘constructive thinking’ (p. xiii). The author is primarily a philosopher of education, but the book encompasses epistemology, philosophy of science, ethics and politics in its scope.

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