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'''Critical thinking''' is clear, reasoned thinking involving critique.
 
'''Critical thinking''' is clear, reasoned thinking involving critique.
  
Its details vary amongst those who define it.
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Definitions of critical thinking vary.
  
 
According to Beyer (1995), critical thinking means making clear, reasoned judgments.
 
According to Beyer (1995), critical thinking means making clear, reasoned judgments.

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Critical thinking is clear, reasoned thinking involving critique.

Description

Definitions of critical thinking vary.

According to Beyer (1995), critical thinking means making clear, reasoned judgments.

During the process of critical thinking, ideas should be reasoned and well thought out/judged.

The National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking defines critical thinking as the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.

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