I. What Exactly Is Critical Thinking?
According to “The Foundation for Critical Thinking”, critical thinking is technically the intellectually well-organized process of skillfully and actively conceptualizing, applying, studying, synthesizing, and finally, evaluating information generated by, or gathered from, observation, reflection, experience, communication, or reasoning, as a guide to action and belief.
These are the key things you should remember from both these definitions above before learning how to develop critical thinking skills. First of all, different ways to think critically about information include:
Conceptualizing
Examining
Synthesizing
Evaluating
Secondly, gathered information can come from some kinds of sources, for example:
Observation
Experience
Reasoning
Reflection
Communication
II. How To Develop Critical Thinking Skills