Volume 30, Issue 2, 2021
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.4000
Critical Thinking: Components, Skills, and Strategies
Abstract
The research paper aimed at uncovering the components of critical thinking and identifying critical thinking skills and strategies by analyzing the relevant sources and inferring the components, skills and strategies for critical thinking. It came up with a number of components of critical thinking as well as certain skills. It is noticed that most critical thinking skills revolve around skills of the Watson-Glaser model. The study also found the most important strategies for teaching critical thinking. The study indicated the importance of designing training programs for teachers in employing critical thinking skills in the educational process.
Keywords
critical thinking - critical thinking skills - components of critical thinking - critical thinking strategies