0 the process of thinking carefully about a subject or idea, without allowing feelings or opinions to affect you --
The effect of the variables of gender, age and grade point average on the students' critical thinking abilities is also investigated.
The members of the culture of assessment make critical thinking operational.
This is where civic associations can play the important role of developing critical thinking in their members.
Critical thinking, and deeper insight into the practical and theoretical problems of the speciality, can be improved by active participation in research.
Indeed, the critical thinking entailed by this effort led to the development of new and fruitful analytical paradigms, notably that of 'multivalence'.
They also teach confidence, critical thinking and the value of participation, because they give women opportunities to speak in public and share ideas with others.
Despite these difficulties, argument diagramming shows promise as an analytical tool for metaphilosophy, and not least for teaching critical thinking and philosophical methods to students.
It is worth noting this point precisely because this mode of critical thinking has opened the door to escape the unidirectionality of the debate.