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Mastering Critical Reading & Thinking

Critical reading involves carefully analyzing a text to understand the key ideas and how they relate, as well as distinguishing facts from opinions. Critical thinking refers to evaluating information by considering evidence, alternatives, and forming an informed viewpoint. It involves reflecting on a text in light of prior knowledge to assess validity. When thinking critically, one recognizes arguments and questions logical relationships between claims, grounds, and warrants.

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Topics covered

  • Judgment,
  • Caution,
  • Analytic reading,
  • Fact vs opinion,
  • Whole text,
  • Assumptions,
  • Understanding,
  • Critical reading,
  • Honesty,
  • Significant parts
69 views19 pages

Mastering Critical Reading & Thinking

Critical reading involves carefully analyzing a text to understand the key ideas and how they relate, as well as distinguishing facts from opinions. Critical thinking refers to evaluating information by considering evidence, alternatives, and forming an informed viewpoint. It involves reflecting on a text in light of prior knowledge to assess validity. When thinking critically, one recognizes arguments and questions logical relationships between claims, grounds, and warrants.

Uploaded by

Nicole Cabigon
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Topics covered

  • Judgment,
  • Caution,
  • Analytic reading,
  • Fact vs opinion,
  • Whole text,
  • Assumptions,
  • Understanding,
  • Critical reading,
  • Honesty,
  • Significant parts

Critical Reading and

Thinking
Critical reading and thinking

 Critical reading is a technique for


discovering information and ideas within a
text.
 Critical thinking is a technique for evaluating
information and ideas, for deciding what to
accept believe,
 Critical reading refers to a careful, active,
reflective, analytic reading.
 Critical thinking involves reflecting on the
validity of what you have read in light of
the prior knowledge and understanding.
Analysis: Reading Critically

 Analyze a text by identifying its significant


parts and examining how those parts are
related to each other to make a whole.
 Ask and answer questions about the what,
how, and why of a text.
Critical Reading
 - question, analyze and evaluate the text
 Use critical- thinking skills to:
 Differentiate between fact and opinion
 Recognize authors purpose in writing
 Make inferences about purposes and characters
 Recognize the authors tone in writing
 Recognize persuasive techniques
Example: Reading an article
What is Critical thinking??
 So what does critical thinking involve?
 Critical thinkers have to become rational by
providing evidence and logical arguments by:
 Being cautious about generalizations
 Noticing contexts
 Exploring alternatives
 And forming our own informed point of view.
Critical Thinking

 Critical thinking involves reflecting on the


validity of what you have read in light of
our prior knowledge and understanding of
the world.
Analysis: Thinking Critically
 Recognize an argument—a path of
reasoning aimed at demonstrating the truth
or falsehood of an assertion.
 The assertion must be arguable, an issue about
which reasonable people can disagree.

 A journalism student may assert:

 As Saturday’s game illustrates, the Buckeyes


are on their way to winning the Big Ten title.
Analysis: Thinking Critically

 Concentrate on the type of


reasoning the writer is
using

 Question the logical


relation of a writer’s
claims, grounds, and
warrants
Analysis: Thinking Critically

 Concentrate on the type of


reasoning the writer is using

 Question the logical relation of a


writer’s claims, grounds, and
warrants
Rationality

• We are thinking critically when we rely on


reason rather than emotion,
• require evidence, ignore no known
evidence, and follow evidence where it
leads, and
• are concerned more with finding the best
explanation than being right analyzing
apparent confusion and asking questions
Self-awareness

• We are thinking critically when we


weigh the influences of motives and
bias, and
• Recognize our own assumptions,
prejudices, biases, or point of view.
Honesty

 We are thinking critically when we


recognize emotional impulses, selfish
motives, nefarious purposes, or other
modes of self-deception
Open-mindedness

• We are thinking critically when we


evaluate all reasonable inferences
• consider a variety of possible viewpoints
or perspectives,
• remain open to alternative
interpretations
• accept a new explanation, model, or
paradigm because it explains the evidence
better, is simpler, or has fewer
inconsistencies or covers more data
• accept new priorities in response to a
reevaluation of the evidence or
reassessment of our real interests, and
• do not reject unpopular views out of hand.
Discipline

• We are thinking critically when we are


precise, meticulous, comprehensive,
and exhaustive
• Resist manipulation and irrational
appeals, and
• avoid snap judgments.
Judgement

• We are thinking critically when we


recognize the relevance and/or merit of
alternative assumptions and
perspectives
• recognize the extent and weight of
evidence

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