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Developing Critical Thinking Skills, Habits, and Abilities

Developing Critical Thinking Skills, Habits, and Abilities

This course is part of Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning Specialization

Instructor: Pearson

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

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3 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

3 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Apply the critical thinking process to analyze, evaluate, and construct well-reasoned written arguments.
Assess the ethical integrity and factual accuracy of claims using verification and ethical analysis.

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There is 1 module in this course

Strengthen your ability to construct persuasive, ethical arguments by mastering the critical thinking process from interpretation to evaluation. You will delve into the role of ethics in argumentation, learning to independently verify claims and build a strong, well reasoned case for a specific audience. By applying these skills, you will be prepared to develop compelling written arguments, make ethically sound decisions, and communicate your ideas with greater impact in your professional and academic life.

During this course, you will develop your critical thinking skills, habits, and abilities. Specifically, you will learn more about the critical thinking process, and differentiate between interpretation, inference, and evaluation. You will also learn about the importance of ethics in critical thinking and how strong critical thinking skills can assist individuals in creating an ethical, well-written argument about a specific topic.

What's included

1 video2 assignments4 app items4 plugins

1 videoTotal 2 minutes

What Strong Critical Thinkers Ask Before Writing2 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Graded Quiz30 minutes
Practice Quiz30 minutes

4 app itemsTotal 85 minutes

Reading: Core Critical Thinking Skills pp. 27-3620 minutes
Reading: Ethical Imperatives pp. 327-33315 minutes
Reading: Ethical Decision-Making pp. 334-34525 minutes
Reading: Writing Arguments pp. 300-31225 minutes

4 pluginsTotal 20 minutes

Interactive: Identifying Interpretation Questions to Fire Up Critical Thinking Skills5 minutes
Interactive: Ethical Imperative5 minutes
Interactive: Duties5 minutes
Interactive: Writing an Argument5 minutes

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