aspects of critical thinking
unreflective thinker, novice or beginning thinker, advanced thinker
unreflective thinker
someone who is careless, undisciplined, passive, conforming, self-centered, and unfair
in thought
novice or beginning thinker
one who is active, persistent, and courageous-- someone who is empathetic to differing
points of view. You rely on questioning and explaining to begin to build a routine,
consistent practice of critical thinking
advanced thinker
a person who is autonomous, trusts reason, has humility and a sense of justice and is
consistently fair
fair-mindedness
"Entails the predisposition to consider all relevant viewpoints equally, without reference
to one's own feelings or selfish interests, or the feelings or selfish interests of one's
friends, community or nation"
declarative knowledge
is possessing specific information about something. Example: remembering and
understanding your name, your social security number, causes of the civil war
Procedural knowledge
when you know how to do something, such as read and add fractions
conditional knowledge
knowing when and why to use particular strategies. When you are aware of your own
learning strengths and weaknesses and adjust your studying accordingly. Example: test
or project
Blooms taxonomy
remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create.
Academic Listening
is the ability to capture and understand complicated information that is presented orally.
Guided notes
are teacher prepared handouts the outline or map lectures, but leave "blank" space for
key concepts, facts, definitions, etc. As the lecture progresses, you then fill in the
spaces with content.
Cornell notes
page is divided into three sections: The note-taking section, the cue column, and the
summary area. Example: Best used in lectured classes.
T- notes
Created by Archie David and Elvis Clark in 1996. A way to organize and learn different
types of lecture information. It's also a method to record, revise, and review notes.
synchronous communication
Distance education using technology. Meaning that you and the instructor communicate
together at the same time.
neurons
we have around 100 billion of them. Brain nerve cells or grey matter