Ten Strategies for Critical Thinking

Henry L. Roediger; Sarah N. Horne

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-82644-3_11

Ten Strategies for Critical Thinking

Henry L. Roediger
, Sarah N. Horne

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

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In this chapter, we consider critical thinking from the standpoint of individuals who are faced with a predicament: They have read something online, or in a magazine, or a newspaper and they want to know: Is it true? We suggest ten steps or strategies for discerning the truth of a claim about which you are unsure. Five of the strategies are useful for most any type of information, whereas the other five are most useful for scientific articles, or at least articles claiming to be based on science. We provide examples of how to evaluate particular claims using these ten strategies. We cannot guarantee that using these ten strategies will always bring Truth with a capital T, but we believe that they will bring a person closer to the truth.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Critical Thinking Across Disciplines, Vol. 1
Subtitle of host publication	Theory and Classroom Practice
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	287-311
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031826443
ISBN (Print)	9783031826436
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82644-3_11
State	Published - Jan 1 2025

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