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Going forward, we helped our client select leaders who had a healthy combination of interpersonal skills and cognitive intelligence. Those individuals were more likely to exhibit exceptional leadership performance and be seen as high potentials than those who were only smart from a cognitive perspective.
Metacognitive training involves helping individuals develop skills that increase their awareness and comprehension of the way that they think. One method for doing this involves providing individuals with information on the 5-factor model of metacognition that the Watson-Glaser (one of the foremost tools for assessing deductive reasoning) is based on: inference, recognition of assumptions, deduction, interpretation, and evaluation of arguments. In an organization, this could take the form of employee seminars on the topic or even basic training to help employees break down the general components of critical thinking and learn a couple of metacognitive strategies (e.g., planning how to approach a task, evaluating progress toward task completion) that they could incorporate into their lives for daily use.
Critical thinking is simply a deliberative thought process. During the process, you use a set of critical thinking skills to consider an issue. At conclusion, you make a judgment about what to believe, or a decision about what to do.
Critical thinking is neither magical nor foolproof. Beyond these general critical-thinking skills, knowledge of the specific topic at hand plays an important role in the quality of thoughts you produce.
After training, Angeli and Valanides had the students think through the second issue, and scored their performance. The researchers also measured how well the students understood critical thinking skills using a standardized test.
A key finding was that students trained with the infusion method outperformed students in the control group in handling the second issue. In addition, students who received the critical thinking skills training came away understanding the importance of evaluating different perspectives. Students in the control group did not.
The findings suggest that an effective way to hone your critical thinking skills includes having another person to confront your beliefs and challenge your thought process. Our parents, friends, and teachers are often more than willing to oblige us with this kind of help.
Deduction includes the critical thinking skills that involve drawing conclusions based on the facts at hand. You have all the facts available to you to come to a clear and unambiguous conclusion about a topic. For example, a doctor does blood tests to determine if someone has a virus. The blood tests come back positive, so we can deduce that you definitely have that virus. Deduction is a great skill to use if you want to solve problems.
When I finished high school, I stopped thinking mathematically. I stopped using calculus, trigonometry, geometry, etc. in my daily life. Ten years on, my critical thinking skills that involve mathematics are very poor.
A brainstorming mind map can be made with a simple piece of paper. Simply write the topic at the top of the piece of paper and scrawl any and all key things you can think about down onto the paper. During the brainstorming process, no ideas are bad ideas. You can use critical thinking to critique and dismiss some of your ideas later on; but the brainstorming session can help get your mind moving and exercise those critical thinking skills.
3. Smart people often attach a lot of their self-esteem to being smart, which can decrease their resilience and lead to avoidance. If a lot of your self-esteem rests on your intelligence, it can be very difficult to be in situations that reveal chinks in your armor. That might be working with people who are even more skilled or intelligent, or receiving critical feedback, or taking a risk and failing. Any situation that triggers feeling not- smart is experienced as highly threatening. The smart person may even seek to avoid those situations, which ultimately holds the person back.
5. Smart people sometimes see in-depth thinking and reflection as the solution to every problem. Bright people are accustomed to succeeding through their thinking skills, but can sometimes overlook when a different approach would be more beneficial. For example, the smart person might attack every situation by trying to think it to death (over-researching every decision and ruminating over every mistake) when other approaches would be more fruitful.
According to research by America Succeeds, critical thinking is in the top five most requested durable skills in job postings. Those top five durable skills get requested 2.6x more often than the top five hard skills. This goes to show that soft skills like critical thinking skills are in demand in the workplace.
Critical thinking skills are important for several reasons. These include helping you work independently and solve problems. Not all positions require ongoing critical thinking. But, those skills definitely matter to anyone who wants to uplevel their career. And even the most easygoing positions require at least some level of critical thinking skills.
You may think of analogy skills as skills to master for standardized tests like the ACT and the SAT. But the ability to understand the relationships between items and concepts becomes important long before your child is SAT age. Analogy questions challenge the mind, stretching reasoning and logic skills, and expanding vocabulary. The sooner your child begins to practice their analogy skills, the stronger their critical thinking will be.
Analogy skills like reasoning and logic are essential for any type of critical thinking or problem solving. Most workplaces will necessitate open-ended problem solving, so having the skills to think critically and logically about a task will be key for success in the workplace.
In our increasingly technological society, technology skills are essential for most jobs and for daily life. Students will need to be able to use smartphones for navigation, the cloud for file sharing, and spreadsheets for data analysis. They will also need to know about cybersecurity, and how to keep themselves safe from digital attacks. Scholars who are proficient or even advanced in their technology skills will be much more employable after they leave the school environment.
13. Continue to work on your critical thinking skills. I recommend looking at online learning platforms such as Udemy and Coursera for courses on general critical thinking skills, as well as courses on specific subjects like cognitive biases.
No matter where you are on the road to being a critical thinker, you can always more fully develop your skills. Doing so will help you develop more balanced arguments, express yourself clearly, read critically, and absorb important information efficiently. Critical thinking skills will help you in any profession or any circumstance of life, from science to art to business to teaching.
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A number of sessions/topics will focus on theories and current ideas around teaching thinking in the context of the Internet Age. You will critically engage with ideas and theories around 21st Century Skills, including thinking skills and teaching thinking, creativity and creative thinking, computational thinking, group learning and theories of cognition and critical thinking.
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