What is Critical Thinking: Critical Thinkers

What is Critical Thinking?

In the simplest terms, critical thinking relates to an individual being able to carefully analyze, process and make sense of information.

Critical thinkers:

• Ask relevant, clear questions with a precise and limited scope
• Methodically gather information and accurately assess it
• Reach well-supported conclusions, and evaluate them against counterevidence
• Display a consistent awareness of the limits of their own competence, monitoring for things they don’t understand or struggle to accept
• Communicate with others in a productive, even-handed way that gets results, even when tackling complicated problems.