![]() While I venture that a lot of us did learn it, I prefer to approach learning deliberately, and so I decided to investigate critical thinking for myself. It seemed like something that my teachers just expected us to pick up in the course of our studies. My high school teachers gave similar speeches when describing what would be expected of us in college: it’s not about the facts you know, but rather about your ability to evaluate them.Īnd now that I’m in college, my professors often mention that the ability to think through and solve difficult problems matters more in the “real world” than specific content.ĭespite hearing so much about critical thinking all these years, I realized that I still couldn’t give a concrete definition of it, and I certainly couldn’t explain how to do it. ![]() ![]() I didn’t realize it at the time, but my teacher was giving a concise summary of critical thinking. What they will expect, though, is for you to be able to think to know how to make connections between ideas and evaluate information critically. ![]() They can fill in the details you’ve forgotten. Your teachers in high school won’t expect you to remember every little fact about U.S. history teacher gave my class the following advice:
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