Critical thinking is defined as the process of actively and skillfully analyzing and evaluating information gathered from various sources in order to guide beliefs and actions. It involves 6 steps: 1) gaining knowledge through identification and description, 2) comprehending by explaining and summarizing, 3) applying knowledge to solve problems, 4) analyzing by breaking down information into parts, 5) synthesizing analyzed parts to form new theories, and 6) evaluating through ranking and appraising.

1. Critical
Thinking

2. CRITICAL THINKING
DEFINITION
Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully
conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered
from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or
communication, as a guide to belief and action – by Michael Scriven & Richard Paul

3. 6 Steps of Critical Thinking
1
• Knowledge
2
• Comprehension
3
• Application
4
• Analysis
5
• Synthesis
6
• Evaluation

4. 1. KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge is
MAIN
TOPIC
POINT
THESIS ISSUE

5. 2. COMPREHENSION
Understand what you read, hear, or see

6. 3. APPLICATION
• To know and to apply what you comprehend

7. 4. ANALYSIS

8. 5. SYNTHESIS
• Combination of analyzed parts to form new theory

9. 6. EVALUATION

10. summarized
1. Knowledge
Define, list, describe, identify, show, name, quote
2. Comprehension
Explain, describe, summarize, differentiate, discuss, in
terpret
3. Application
Illustrate, use the
information, apply, demonstrate, show, solve, classify,
discover
4.Analysis
Breakdown, distinguish, infer, prioritize, order, justify,
classify, arrange, divide
5. Synthesis
Integrate, modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, de
sign, invent, incorporate
6. Evaluate
Decide, rank, test, measure, recommend, support, conc
lude, compare, appraise, defend