1. Chapter 2 Critical Thinking Learning Outcomes

2. 2 | 2 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Solve a given problem using the decision-making process. Distinguish between fact and opinion. Develop questions that use lower- and higher-order thinking skills using Bloom's taxonomy as a guide. Analyze a case study, and construct advice for a student having difficulty with decision making. Explain the learning process modeled in this chapter. When you complete Chapter 2 Critical Thinking you are expected not only to understand the material presented but also you should be able to

3. Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels of Learning

4. 2 | 4 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. KNOWLEDGE Things memorized without necessarily having a full understanding. Identifying names, places, dates, definitions

5. 2 | 5 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. COMPREHENSION You understand information enough to explain it in your own words. Explaining, summarizing, describing,

6. 2 | 6 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. APPLICATION You find some practical use for the information and use it to solve other problems. Using the information, solving problems, examining, modifying, relating, changing

7. 2 | 7 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. ANALYSIS You break complex ideas into parts and see how the parts work together Seeing patterns, organizing parts, connecting, comparing,inferring

8. 2 | 8 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. SYNTHESIS You make connections with things you already know. drawing conclusions, making predictions,designing, inventing, generalizing

9. 2 | 9 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. EVALUATION You judge something's worth assessing, ranking, grading, testing recommending, explaining, supporting,convincing

10. 2 | 10 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Exercise on page 43 of Practicing College Learning Styles, 4th Edition Hopper/Houghton Mifflin 2007 What level of Bloom’s Taxonomy would the following activities require?

11. 2 | 11 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Changing a flat tire Application

12. 2 | 12 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Finding the main idea of a paragraph Comprehension

13. 2 | 13 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Explaining a class lecture to a friend who was absent. Comprehension

14. 2 | 14 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Summarizing an Article Comprehension

15. 2 | 15 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Finding the lowest common denominator for fractions Analysis

16. 2 | 16 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Finding the correct answer to a multiple choice question Knowledge A. B. C. D.

17. 2 | 17 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Creating a webpage Synthesis

18. 2 | 18 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Appraising the damage to your wrecked car Evaluation

19. 2 | 19 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Listing the states and capitals Knowledge

20. 2 | 20 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Making an apple pie Synthesis(Application)

21. 2 | 21 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Comparison shopping for the best buy Evaluation

22. 2 | 22 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Writing an essay for English class Synthesis

23. 2 | 23 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Computing your GPA Application