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
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