Core Critical Thinking Skills

What

A Core Critical Thinking Skill is any skill that is typically presented in CT textbooks that is useful for making arguments but also in other contexts as a stand alone skill.

Examples of CT Skills

Analysis This skill involves breaking something down into its component parts.

Synthesis: This skill involves combing things together such that the combination is excellent.

Prioritizing: This skill involves figure out how to rank order items in a set from most to least useful.

Creating Definitions: This skill involves defining terms so that they are clear.

Compare and Contrast: Figuring how two things are similar and how they are different.

Questioning: This involves asking useful questions and responding to questions in a useful way.