Critical Thinking Awareness Day

High school (ages 12+)
Thinking & Learning

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Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/critical-thinking-awareness-day

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the historical precursors?Roots in Socratic questioning and Enlightenment emphasis on reason and empirical evidence
2. What is the key cognitive processes?Interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and self-regulation
3. Why do we need to learn critical thinking?Because there is so much information online, and we need to tell true from false to make smart decisions.
4. How can I practice critical thinking?Ask questions, look at evidence, and think about whether the information makes sense before believing it.

Disinformation: False information deliberately and strategically spread to deceive or mislead.
Logical Fallacy: A flaw in reasoning that renders an argument invalid or unsound.
Metacognition: Awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes; thinking about thinking.