AICE Thinking skills Chapter 1 and
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The two criteria for judging any skill are - -The expertise with which a task is
carried out, and the difficulty of the task
- What are we doing when we engage in reflection? - -considering all the
alternatives and weighing the available evidence
- What are the 3 core activities of Critical Thinking, and what does each
entail? - -analysis, evaluation, and further argument
- Critical thinking should always be - -fair and open-minded, active and
informed, skeptical and independent
- How do critical thinking questions and problem solving questions usually
differ? - -Many critical thinking questions are primarily textual, whilst many
problem solving questions contain numerical information
- What are the three processes used to investigate and analyze? - -relevant
selection, finding procedures, and identifying similarities
- What is a fact? - -a true statement
- Claims are usually expressed as what type of sentence? - -a statement
- What is the difference between stating a fact and claiming one? - -When
stating a fact you know its true, but when you claim a fact you can be
mistaken.
- Claims can be divided into two rough groups: - -those that state facts, and
those that state opinions
- What are value judgements? - -opinions about the perceived value or
worth or rightness or wrongness of things
- What is a prediction and why can't it be a fact? - -It is a claim that
something may or may not be true because it is still in the future, or is yet to
be unjustified. It can't be a fact because you didn't know it was true when
you said it.
- What is a hypothesis, and why can't it be a fact? - -It is a claim that
scientists treat as if it isn't a true fact, and should be understood as a
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The two criteria for judging any skill are - -The expertise with which a task is
carried out, and the difficulty of the task
- What are we doing when we engage in reflection? - -considering all the
alternatives and weighing the available evidence
- What are the 3 core activities of Critical Thinking, and what does each
entail? - -analysis, evaluation, and further argument
- Critical thinking should always be - -fair and open-minded, active and
informed, skeptical and independent
- How do critical thinking questions and problem solving questions usually
differ? - -Many critical thinking questions are primarily textual, whilst many
problem solving questions contain numerical information
- What are the three processes used to investigate and analyze? - -relevant
selection, finding procedures, and identifying similarities
- What is a fact? - -a true statement
- Claims are usually expressed as what type of sentence? - -a statement
- What is the difference between stating a fact and claiming one? - -When
stating a fact you know its true, but when you claim a fact you can be
mistaken.
- Claims can be divided into two rough groups: - -those that state facts, and
those that state opinions
- What are value judgements? - -opinions about the perceived value or
worth or rightness or wrongness of things
- What is a prediction and why can't it be a fact? - -It is a claim that
something may or may not be true because it is still in the future, or is yet to
be unjustified. It can't be a fact because you didn't know it was true when
you said it.
- What is a hypothesis, and why can't it be a fact? - -It is a claim that
scientists treat as if it isn't a true fact, and should be understood as a
