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Basic Steps Involved in Thinking

The document discusses the six steps of critical thinking: 1. Knowledge - Identify the problem and questions to understand it. 2. Comprehension - Collect data about the problem through research. 3. Application - Build linkages between the information and resources to further understand the problem. 4. Analyze - Analyze the situation to identify strengths, weaknesses, and challenges to solving the problem. 5. Synthesis - Decide on a solution by evaluating options and prioritizing using tools like SWOT analysis. 6. Take Action - Implement an action plan to ensure the solution is carried out as planned.

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Basic Steps Involved in Thinking

The document discusses the six steps of critical thinking: 1. Knowledge - Identify the problem and questions to understand it. 2. Comprehension - Collect data about the problem through research. 3. Application - Build linkages between the information and resources to further understand the problem. 4. Analyze - Analyze the situation to identify strengths, weaknesses, and challenges to solving the problem. 5. Synthesis - Decide on a solution by evaluating options and prioritizing using tools like SWOT analysis. 6. Take Action - Implement an action plan to ensure the solution is carried out as planned.

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Basic steps involved in thinking

The critical thinking process prevents our minds from jumping


directly to conclusions. Instead, it guides the mind through logical
steps that tend to widen the range of perspectives, accept findings,
put aside personal biases, and consider reasonable possibilities.
This can be achieved through six steps: knowledge,
comprehension, application, analyze, synthesis, and take action.
Below is a brief description of each step and how to implement
them.
Day by day, we come in contact with a lot of situations that have to
be solved and, at the same time, we are also challenged to
comprehend various perspectives to consider these situations. The
majority of people build their cognitive thinking with a foundation of
previous similar experience and situations. Nevertheless, this
method may not engage for a better option for a challenge, as our
choice can be influenced by thoughts, non-prioritized facts, and any
other exterior influences, which have an impact on the final
decision. Consequently, critical thinking has a tendency to construct
a rational procedure, which depends on empirical facts and
information.
The process of critical thinking keeps our ideas from leaping
straight to conclusions. Instead of that, it directs your mind to
reasonable steps, which tend to expand the string of perspectives,
adopt findings, lay aside individual prejudices, and start thinking
about receivable possibilities. This could be attained through six
subsequent steps: information, understanding, usage, analysis,
synthetic process, and taking action. So, if you still want to find out
more about “What is Critical thinking?” then read the information
below attentively.

6 Steps to better critical thinking


Step 1: Knowledge
For every problem, clear vision puts us on the right path to solve it.
This step identifies the argument or the problem that needs to be
solved. Questions should be asked to acquire a deep
understanding about the problem. In some cases, there is no actual
problem, thus no need to move forward with other steps in the
critical thinking model. The questions in this stage should be open-
ended to allow the chance to discuss and explore main reasons. At
this stage, two main questions need to be addressed: What is the
problem? And why do we need to solve it?

Step 2: Comprehension
Once the problem is identified, the next step is to understand the
situation and the facts aligned with it. The data is collected about
the problem using any of the research methods that can be adopted
depending on the problem, the type of the data available, and the
deadline required to solve it.

Step 3: Application
This step continues the previous one to complete the understanding
of different facts and resources required to solve the problem by
building a linkage between the information and resources. Mind
maps can be used to analyze the situation, build a relation between
it and the core problem, and determine the best way to move
forward.

Step 4: Analyze
Once the information is collected and linkages are built between it
the main problems, the situation is analyzed in order to identify the
situation, the strong points, the weak points, and the challenges
faced while solving the problem. The priorities are set for the main
causes and determine how they can be addressed in the solution.
One of the commonly used tools that can be deployed to analyze
the problem and the circumstances around it is the cause effect
diagram, which divides the problem from its causes and aims to
identify the different causes and categorize them based on their
type and impact on the problem.

Step 5: Synthesis
In this stage, once the problem is fully analyzed and all the related
information is considered, a decision should be formed about how
to solve the problem and the initial routes to follow to take this
decision into action. If there are number of solutions, they should be
evaluated and prioritized in order to find the most advantageous
solution. One of the tools that contribute choosing the problem
solution is the SWOT analysis that tends to identify the solution’s
strength, weakness, opportunity, and threats.

Step 6: Take Action


The final step is to build an evaluation about the problem that can
be put into action. The result of critical thinking should be
transferred into action steps. If the decision involves a specific
project or team, a plan of action could be implemented to ensure
that the solution is adopted and executed as planned.

The critical thinking method can be adopted to replace emotions


and perusal biases when trying to think about a situation or a
problem. The time for adopting critical thinking varies based on the
problem; it may take few minutes to number of days. The
advantage of deploying critical thinking is that it contributes to
widening our perspectives about situations and broadening our
thinking possibilities. However, these steps should be translated
into a plan of action that ensures that the decided resolution is well
achieved and integrated between all the involved bodies.

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Step 1: Information
For almost any issue, clear expectations leave us on the right path to tackle it. The
given step defines the argument, which has to be tackled. One should ask various
questions to reach a deep comprehension of the problem. Sometimes, there is not
an actual issue, hence no need to progress along with other steps in the model of
critical thinking. A this stage, apply only open-ended questions to give a possibility to
examine and make a discussion concerning the main reasons. Therefore, here one
needs to answer two main questions: What is an issue? And just why do we have to
tackle it? For additional critical thinking questions examples, you can make an
Internet search.

Step 2: Understanding
After the issue has been defined, the next step is to comprehend the specific
situation and the facts connected with it. You can collect data with the usage of any
methods of research, which can be accepted in terms of the issue, the sort of
available data, and the due date necessary to tackle it.

Step 3: Usage
The given step follows the previous one to accomplish the comprehension of various
facts and sources needed to tackle the nagging issue by means of forming a linkage
amongst resources and information. One can use mind maps in order to evaluate the
problem, develop a relation between it and the core problem, and figure out the
simplest way to go ahead.

Step 4: Analysis
When the information has been collected and linkages built, you can analyze the
situation in order to define it, advantages and disadvantages, and the challenges met
while tackling the situation. The priorities are fixed for the main reasons; therefore,
try to determine how they could be referred to in the solution when being engaged in
critical thinking writing.

Step 5: Synthetic Process


During the given stage, after the problem has been examined and all the relevant
info considered, you should form a decision about how to tackle the problem as well
as the preliminary tracks to follow to bring this decision to action. When there is a
number of solutions, all of them have to be examined and prioritized to discover the
most essential solution.

Step 6: Taking Action


The final action is to form an assessment concerning the issue that may be brought
to action. The critical thinking results have to be turned into action steps. When a
decision involves a peculiar team or project, an action plan should be added to be
sure that the solution is confirmed and performed as planned before.

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