{"id":26001,"date":"2023-08-06T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/assess-your-current-stage-of-development-as-a-thinker-based-on-the-stages-of-development-in-critical-thinking-document-and-on-a-careful-analysis-of-recent-examples-from-your-life-in\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T15:30:13","slug":"assess-your-current-stage-of-development-as-a-thinker-based-on-the-stages-of-development-in-critical-thinking-document-and-on-a-careful-analysis-of-recent-examples-from-your-life-in","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/assess-your-current-stage-of-development-as-a-thinker-based-on-the-stages-of-development-in-critical-thinking-document-and-on-a-careful-analysis-of-recent-examples-from-your-life-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Assess your current stage of development as a thinker based on the \u201cStages of Development in Critical Thinking\u201d document and on a careful analysis of recent examples from your life, including the mistake you wrote about in Essay 1."},"content":{"rendered":"

Essay Topic:

\n<\/span><\/b>In Learning to
\nThink Things Through<\/i>, Gerald Nosich defines \u201cgood reasoning\u201d as a process
\nof drawing conclusions that \u201cconsiders factors such as implications,
\nconclusions, assumptions, accuracy, alternatives, elements, and standards\u201d
\n(10). In addition, authors Richard Paul and Linda Elder explain that critical
\nthinkers can either be \u201cstrong sense\u201d thinkers who care more about truth and
\nintellectual fairness than about winning arguments or manipulating others, or
\n\u201cweak sense\u201d thinkers who use their skills in analysis to dominate others or
\nmanipulate evidence (191-192). <\/span><\/p>\n

Assess your current stage of development as a thinker based on the
\n\u201cStages of Development in Critical Thinking\u201d document and on a careful analysis
\nof recent examples from your life, including the mistake you wrote about in
\nEssay 1<\/u>. In your essay, address where you think you are now as a critical thinker
\nand where you would like to be by the time you graduate from college. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Think
\ncarefully about your own progression as a critical thinker during the last few
\nyears, and specifically during this semester. To what extent have your skills
\nin critical thinking developed recently? To what extent have your decisions
\nexhibited a lack of critical thinking? Provide specific examples.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apply
\nconcepts explained in Nosich\u2019s text, such as the impediments, elements,
\nstandards, and character traits, to your own process of researching, thinking,
\nand reasoning. What impediments do you typically face in your own research,
\nanalysis, and academic work? What impediments do you face in your personal life
\nand important decisions? Develop a specific, assertive argument in response to
\nthese questions, and make sure that your reasoning is logical and
\nwell-supported by concrete, specific examples and that your analysis is
\nsophisticated and complex. Finally, reflect on how the process of moving
\nthrough the Stages of Critical Thinking parallels some of the concepts
\ndiscussed in our analysis of course material this semester. <\/span><\/p>\n

This essay will be graded by the instructor based on
\nhow thoroughly and thoughtfully it meets the following components:<\/span><\/p>\n

–         
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Your essay should <\/span>be
\n800 words minimum.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

–         
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>In your introduction, briefly explain critical thinking concepts
\nsuch as \u201cstrong\u201d and \u201cweak sense\u201d critical thinking and the Stages of
\nDevelopment of a Critical Thinker and forward a unique, narrow, and specific underlined
\nthesis<\/u> statement about your development as a critical thinker.<\/span><\/p>\n

–         
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>In the essay\u2019s body, provide concrete examples from at least 2
\ncourse texts, and also examples from your own life, including the mistake you
\nwrote about in Essay 1 for this class. <\/span><\/p>\n

–         
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Course texts may include concrete, specific evidence from the
\nseveral sources; including course documents such as \u201cThe Stages of Development
\nin Critical Thinking,\u201d Nosich\u2019s Learning
\nto Think Things Through<\/i>, Postman\u2019s Amusing
\nOurselves to Death<\/i>,<\/span> <\/span>and or
\nany other document, video, or PowerPoint used in class.<\/span><\/p>\n

–         
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>In the conclusion, sum up your main points with an emphasis on why
\nit matters.<\/span><\/p>\n

–         
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Use the elements of reasoning to generate material and meet the
\nstandards in your analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n

–         
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Provide a clear organizational pattern to the essay. <\/span><\/p>\n

–         
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Interpret your quotations and sufficiently support your claims.<\/span><\/p>\n

–         
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Provide fully-amplified paragraphs and transitional sentences or
\nphrases between ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n

–         
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Correctly formatted in-text citations, and quotations and\/or
\nparaphrases that are introduced, identified, and interpreted (Works Cited page
\nis not required).<\/span><\/p>\n

–         
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>A readable style characterized by minimal flaws in grammar and
\nmechanics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please do
\nnot over-inflate your abilities and fail to convincingly support your argument
\n(remember the importance of the essential trait of intellectual humility). Research
\nthe \u201cDunning-Kruger Effect\u201d if you are not sure what this means. <\/span><\/p>\n

This exam
\nis open-book, open-note.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Essay Topic: In Learning to Think Things Through, Gerald Nosich defines \u201cgood reasoning\u201d as a process of drawing conclusions that \u201cconsiders factors such as implications, conclusions, assumptions, accuracy, alternatives, elements, and standards\u201d (10). In addition, authors Richard Paul and Linda Elder explain that critical thinkers can either be \u201cstrong sense\u201d thinkers who care more about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[757],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/26001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/26001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=26001"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=26001"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=26001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}