Critical Thinking: Reasonable Inquiry

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1. Brainstorming Challenges assumptions and

  a. creates analogies
  b. creates metaphores
  c. differentiates between fact and opinion
  d. all or any of the 3
2. Procedure: Designs a ______ test of the selected hypothesis

  a. simple
  b. resonable
  c. detailed
  d. practical
3. Conclusions: 1. Evaluates the ____ of the data 2. Judges data to assess whether it supports the hypothesis or not 3. Draws conclusions in written form

  a. source
  b. use
  c. analysis
  d. accuracy
4. A consensus definition (statement) of critical thinking in nursing was achieved. The panel also identified and defined ___ habits of the mind

  a. 5
  b. 6
  c. 7
  d. 10
5. Skills of critical thinking in nursing included: information seeking and ___
  a. analyzing
  b. discrimination
  c. applying standards
  d. analyzing, discrimination, applying standards
6. Critical thinking refers to a way of ____ that demands adequate support for one's beliefs and an unwillingness to be persuaded unless the support is forthcoming.
  a. planning
  b. thinking
  c. reasoning
  d. synthesizing
7. A number of researchers claim that the classroom must nurture an environment providing modeling, rehearsal, and coaching, for students and teachers alike, to develop a capacity for informed ______(Brown, 1984; Hayes and Alvermann, 1986).

  a. judgments
  b. writing
  c. speaking
  d. thinking
8. Tobin found that those teachers who allowed a ___ second pause between the question and response permitted students to produce cognitively complex discourse.
  a. 1-2
  b. 2-4
  c. 3-5
  d. 5-8
9. Tobin concludes that "wait time" in and of itself does ____ insure critical thinking.

  a. usually
  b. generally
  c. often
  d. not
10. Matthew Lipman (1988) writes, "The improvement of student thinking--from ordinary thinking to good thinking--depends heavily upon students' ability to identify and cite good ____ for their opinions."

  a. reasons
  b. conclusions
  c. documentation
  d. facts
11. Authors like Frager (1984) and Johnson and Johnson (1979) claim that to really engage in critical thinking, students must encounter the dissonance of ____ ideas.
  a. conflicting
  b. similar
  c. identical
  d. problem
12. In the end, critical thinking must lead to reasonable ___.
  a. opinions
  b. information
  c. conclusions
  d. facts