Critical thinking
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003202
- info:lc/authorities/sh87003202
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh87003202#concept
Instance Of
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Variants
- Critical reflection
- Reflection (Critical thinking)
- Reflection process
- Reflective thinking
- Thinking, Critical
- Thinking, Reflective
Broader Terms
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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Narrower Concepts from Other Schemes
Critical thinking--Computer programs 
- Critical thinking--Computer-assisted instruction
- Critical thinking--Evaluation
- Critical thinking--Research
- Critical thinking--Social aspects
- Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Early childhood)
- Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Early childhood)--Activity programs
- Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Elementary)
- Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Middle school)
- Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Preschool)
- Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Primary)
- Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Secondary)
- Critical thinking--Testing
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Brookfield, S. Developing critical thinkers : challenging adults to explore alternative ways of thinking and acting, c1987.
- found: Penguin dict. psych.("Cognitive strategy consisting mainly of continual checking and testing of possible solutions to guide one's work ... often contrasted w/ Creative thinking")
- found: Hennepin(Critical thinking, Critical thinking--Study and teaching)
- found: ERIC thes.(Critical thinking)
- found: Homan, A.M. Constructing knowledge through reflection, c2006:p. 7-9 (some educators seem adamant that reflective learning is not to be confused with critical reflection; for the purpose of this paper, the terms reflective learning and critical reflection are used interchangeably, linked by the concept of learning through inquiry that higher-order thinking invites)
- found: Australian thesaurus of education descriptors, via WWW, Mar. 26, 2007(Critical thinking; a way of reasoning that involves active, reflective and conscious consideration in the forming of a belief, judgment or decision; UFs used: critical reflection, reflection, reflection process, reflective thinking)
- notfound: Evans psych.;Chaplin dict. psych.;Eysenck encycl. psych.;Thesaurus psych. ind. terms;Psych. abstracts;English comp. dict. psycho. & psychoa. terms
Change Notes
- 1987-05-20: new
- 2008-01-24: revised
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