Thinking Critically and Creatively

Presented by :
 Halima Ahmed
 Zain Chattani
 Noman Ahmed
 Mahin Mustafa
 Sarosh Khan
 Course outline
 Using Critical Thinking Strategies
3.1 Examine Your Assumption
3.2 Make Predictions
3.3 Read With A Purpose
3.4 Sharpen Your Interpretations
3.5 Find Implications in What You Learn
3.6 Read and Understand Graphics
3.7 Evaluate what you learn
 OBJECTIVES OF THIS CHAPTER

 To think creatively and critically to meet your

academic and life challenges.
 Think critically and creatively on 6 different levels.
 Determine whether an informational source is credible
by applying standards of evaluation.
 CRITICAL THINKING

Definition:
“critical thinking is the process of
constructing,evaluating meaning. Specially
critical thinking is logical,analytical,self
reflective,conscious and purposeful reasoning.”
 Creative thinking

Definition:
“creative thinking has some of the
qualities of critical thinking but is also inventive
and original . Creative thinking is inventive
because it operates outside the bounds of logics,
seeking new forms of expression.”
 Inductive and deductive arguments

Argument:
“ An argument is a debate or discussion in which different points of
view may be examine and either supported or rejected”
Inductive argument:
“An inductive argument proceeds from specific instances
or observations to general conclusion.”
Deductive Argument:
“ A deductive argument proceeds from a broad
generalization to draw a conclusion about a specific instance.”
 Fallacies about arguments

 Bandwagon.
 Either-or.
 Faulty analogy.
 Post hoc.
 Hasty generalization.
 Predictions
 Predict means to anticipate what comes next or see ahead to an outcomes.
 Being able to predict outcomes is an important aspect of critical and creative
thinking.
 Before taking a lecture ask question like these:
“what will the lecture cover” ?
“what I am expected to learn” ?
 You can also anticipate the test by using these step to predict :
“ on which assignment did the instructor spend the most time” ?
“check your syllabus”
“examine old test”
 Read for meaning

 By reading for meaning your goal is to identify the

important ideas.
 Identify the speaker’s purpose.
 Read and listen for the example and other details that
support the central idea.
 listening and reading for meaning make the important
ideas stand for you.
 INFERENCES
 An inference is an informed guess about the speaker’s meaning.

 Make inferences by using these strategies

 Reading :
Read for literal and implied meaning.
 Writing :
Develop your ideas logically and draw valid conclusion.
 Math:
Identify both what is known and what is unknown.
 The science:
Determine significance of research findings or lab results.
 Workplace:
Be able to read nonverbal communication signals.
 Evaluating online sources
 Authority:
Check who is the author, host and editor of website ?
 Coverage:
Check is the coverage through detailed?
Is the information specific?
 Domains:
Check the address (URL) of website
Is the website is affiliated, un affiliated, or restricted
Caution: affiliated sites tend trustworthy but other may be questionable ?
 Currency:
When was the information last updated?
Is it updated regularly ?
 Links:
Is the site linked to other site ?
are the links of the same quality as the site ?

 Documentation and style:

Is the information on the site attributed to a source ?
is the site appropriate; free of slang, jargon, and error?
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