Chapter 1: Critical thinking through reading, viewing and writing

Chapter 1: Critical thinking through reading, viewing, and writing

This chapter goes over critical thinking through reading viewing and writing. When reading you should use the reading strategy: SQ3R (survey, question, read, recite, and review). While reading actively pace yourself, project, speak the text, and tract the text. Also take thoughtful notes, annotate the text, map the text, and outline the text. Evaluate the text, judge for credibility, put in larger context, evaluate reasoning and support, and reflect on how it challenges you. Respond to the text, be honest, fluid, reflective, and selective. Summarize the text, skim first, then read closely, capture text’s argument, and test your summary.

When thinking critically through viewing view actively; question the image, inspect all of it, and view with a purpose. View with a plan, survey image, question image, relate parts, relate to text and other images, and decide what to do with the information you get from the image. You should get an interpretation of the image, the designer, viewer, the message, subject, medium, content, and complications. Evaluate the quality, and determine the value of the image.

Develop critical thinking habits when writing. Ask probing questions; open questions, “educate” questions, keep a question journal, and write Q & A drafts. Practice inductive and deductive logic. Practice different modes of thinking when writing; know, understand, analyze, synthesize, evaluate, and apply.