Critical thinking is disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence. It's a process of thinking carefully about a subject or idea without letting feelings or opinions affect you.
- Critical thinkers rigorously question ideas and assumptions rather than accepting them at face value.
- Critical thinkers seek to determine whether the ideas, arguments and findings represent the entire picture and are open to finding that they do not.
- Critical thinkers will identify, analyze and solve problems systematically, based on evidence rather than by intuition or instinct.
- Simply put, critical thinking requires students to use their ability to reason. It is about being an active learner rather than a passive recipient of information.
