General Education Resources
CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING uses systematic reasoning to examine and evaluate ideas, leading to new ways of thinking or doing.
People with a general education think logically and creatively. Expressiveness, imagination, and originality are needed for innovation. Innovative ideas must be subject to critical evaluation, which involves distinguishing information, judgment, and assumption; evaluating evidence and the logic of arguments; identifying and assessing differing perspectives and assumptions; and reasoning systematically in support of arguments.
Students who have critical and creative thinking skills can:
- Assess differing perspectives and assumptions
- Evaluate evidence and the logic of arguments
- Formulate novel approaches or create alternative interpretations
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