3240 Critical Thinking and Precision Questioning

RD from 3240 posted this on her blog;  appropriated it to mine!  While I have used many of these before, nice to have it in this layout and ready for further review.

Questions to ask –

“Clarity

Could you elaborate?

Could you illustrate what you mean?

Could you give me an example?

Accuracy

How could we check on that?

How could we find out if that is true?

How could we verify or test that?

Precision

Could you be more specific?

Could you give me more details?

Could you be more exact?

Relevance

How does that relate to the problem?

How does that bear on the question?

How does that help us with the issue?

Depth

What factors make this difficult?

What are some of the complexities of this question?

What are some of the difficulties we need to deal with?

Breadth

Do we need to look at this from another perspective?

Do we need to consider another point of view?

Do we need to look at this in other ways?

Logic

Does all of this make sense together?

Does your first paragraph fit in with your last one?

Does what you say follow from the evidence?

Significance

Is this the most important problem to consider?

Is this the central idea to focus on?

Which of these facts are most important?

Fairness

Is my thinking justifiable in context?

Am I taking into account the thinking of others?

Is my purpose fair given the situation?

Am I using my concepts in keeping with educated usage, or am I distorting them to get what I want?” (“Paul-Elder critical thinking framework — university of Louisville ideas to action,” 2012)

I found myself using the Precision Questioning and Answering a number of times since taking this course.  I can certainly see using the Paul and Elder framework as well.

References

Paul-Elder critical thinking framework — university of Louisville ideas to action. (2012). Retrieved July 14, 2016, from http://louisville.edu/ideastoaction/about/criticalthinking/framework In-line Citation:(“Paul-Elder critical thinking framework — university of Louisville ideas to action,” 2012)

Precision questions and precision answers. (2015, September 20). Retrieved July 14, 2016, fromhttp://sourcesofinsight.com/precision-questions-and-precision-answers