Critical Thinking
English Composition II
ENGL 1213
Critical Thinking
When preparing your responses to the discussion questions and Final Project or Paper you are expected to demonstrate the highest levels (i.e., levels 4,5, & 6) of Bloom's Taxonomy, which are:
- Knowledge: Observe and recall information.
- Comprehension: Grasp meaning and translate to new context
- Application: Use information, methods, concepts, theories in new situations.
- Analysis: See patterns and organization of parts and recognize hidden meanings.
- Synthesis: Use old ideas to create new ones, generalize from given facts, relate knowledge from several areas, predict, draw conclusions.
- Evaluation: Compare and discriminate between ideas, assess value of theories, make choices based on reasoned argument and verify value of evidence.
When writing your responses, remember I am looking for your ability to think critically. Analyze, synthesize and evaluate what you have read into a clear and succinct summary of what the authors have said compared to your own experiences and end with a conclusion. Of course, I want you to use properly formatted in-text citations and references to support and illustrate your observations and conclusions, but use them sparingly.