Observation -
TFY C1, Observation ;
TPCT C2 Obstacles to Critical Thinking
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PART I
BASICS OF CRITICAL THINKING
Thinking Skills
- Understand the logical connections between ideas.
- • Formulate ideas succinctly and precisely.
- • Identify, construct, and evaluate
arguments.
- • Evaluate the pros and cons of a decision.
- • Evaluate the evidence for and against a
hypothesis.
- • Detect inconsistencies and common
mistakes in reasoning.
- • Analyze problems systematically.
- • Identify the relevance and importance of
ideas.
- • Justify one's beliefs and values.
- • Reflect and evaluate one's thinking
skills.Lau, J.Y.F. An introduction to critical thinking and creativity. (2011) Wiley
CHAPTER 1: OBSERVATION SKILLS
GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY
Glossary
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Keywords
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Definition
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Accommodation
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Schema adjustment/creation
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Accommodation is
achieved when we can do the thinking needed to create a new schema or modify
an old schema in order to explain a new experience.
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Assimilation
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Schema integration
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Assimilation is
achieved when we can integrate new experiences into existing schemas.
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Disequilibrium
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Confusion
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The confusion and
discomfort felt when a new experience cannot be integrated into existing
schemas.
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Equilibrium
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Well being/ Adjusted
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A stable inner
feeling of well being that we feel when our thinking enables us to modify or
create a new schema that better explains our world.
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Hypothesis
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Trial idea
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Hypothesis is a
trial idea, tentative explanation, or theory that can be tested and used to
further an investigation.
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Observe
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watch
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To watch with
attentive awareness.
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Perceiving
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Regard// interpret
/ sense-making
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To regard and
interpret what the senses tell us.
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Principal claim and
reasons
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Thesis/conclusion
and evidence
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These are the two
parts of an argument. The principal claim is the thesis or conclusion. The
reasons support this claim through evidence or other claims. A claim is an
assertion about something.
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Schema
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Mental files/
understanding
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Schemas are the
mental files in which we store our explanations of experiences.
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Sensing
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Sense-using
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To make use of such
senses as sight, hearing, and touch.
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Thinking
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Purposeful mental
activities
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Purposeful mental
activity such as reasoning, deciding, judging, believing, supposing,
expecting, intending, recalling, remembering, visualizing, imagining,
devising, inventing, concentrating, conceiving, considering.
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Observation Glossary Map
Observe like Sherlock Holmes: http://lifehacker.com/5960811/how-to-develop-sherlock-holmes-like-powers-of-observation-and-deduction
Observation Exercises:
What do you observe in this classroom?
How Many Hearts?
How Many Dolphins?
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Observation: Five Senses
Obstacles to Critical Thinking - TPCT C2 Summary