Academic Reading and Writing Skills - Critical Thinking Lesson

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What is the main focus of critical thinking?

  • Asking questions that do not lead to a better understanding
  • Making reasoned judgments and solving problems effectively (correct)
  • Accepting information without examining it
  • Letting irrational emotions affect one's thinking

What is a key characteristic of a critical thinker?

  • Allowing irrational emotions to influence their thinking
  • Being closed-minded
  • Accepting information without verification
  • Being inquisitive and asking genuine questions (correct)

What was the main contribution of Benjamin Bloom?

  • Revising Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Domain
  • Developing a system for classifying educational objectives
  • Becoming a proponent of the theory of mastery learning
  • All of the above (correct)

What is the main difference between critical thinking and non-critical thinking?

<p>Critical thinking involves examining information, while non-critical thinking simply accepts it (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who revised Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Domain?

<p>Lorin Anderson (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a quality of a critical thinker?

<p>Closed-minded (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not one of the six levels of cognitive learning?

<p>Inventing (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of brainstorming?

<p>To generate creative and rich ideas (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of outline uses both letters and numbers?

<p>Alphanumeric Outline (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which principle of outlining requires all entries in each cluster to use the same structure and format?

<p>Parallel Construction (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the connection of ideas at the paragraph level called?

<p>Coherence (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the connection of ideas at the sentence level called?

<p>Cohesion (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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