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ANALYTICAL THINKING & CRITICAL THINKING, , Thinking :- the action of using your mind to produce ideas, decisions, memories, etc. : the, activity of thinking about something., , Analytical thinking means examining the information, collecting the facts and, checking whether the statement follows logically in identifying causes and effects., Reasoning is one of the key elements of analytical thinking. On an interview for a job,, people are often asked to evaluate their analytical abilities., Question like: Describe some of your last big problems and tell us the way you solved it., Or: How do you make decisions?, , Critical thinking, we mean the ability of an individual to seek information, analyze, alternatives and making conclusions or forming opinions. It includes the analytical, thinking and uses it to generate a standpoint for someone’s world view., Simple thinking skills are learning facts and recall, and more complex include analysis,, synthesis, problem solving, evaluation, decision making. Let us see what skills are, included in the thinking process., , Simple thinking skills are learning facts and recall, and more complex include, analysis, synthesis, problem solving, evaluation, decision making. Let us see, what skills are included in the thinking process., Focusing. It is selected piece of information that we organize., Remembering. Part of our memory that we can evoke and retrieve., Organizing. Arranging information., Analysing. Examining the information and relationships so that the structure is understood., Evaluating. Assessing the information to build an opinion. Placing the information into a context., Generating. Producing new ideas, new perspectives., Analytical thinking includes:, 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., , Facts and evidence, Information analysing, Reasoning – logical thinking, Finding alternatives, Trend analysing trends, anticipating, change analysing, , Critical thinking involves:

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1., 2., 3., 4., 5., , Thorough evaluation of information, Checking for bias and prejudices, Evaluating the correctness of the point claimed., Weighing up opinions, arguments or solutions, Reasoning and logical conclusion making, , As a critical thinker, you make the decision whether or not an object or situation appears to be right or, wrong., You evaluate the data and determine how it should be interpreted. You then make conclusions, regarding your perception of the information., In addition, that new information is combined with your worldview in order to make the most accurate, assessment of the matter in question., Critical thinking, just like analytical thinking, uses facts but goes one step further. The facts are used to, form an opinion or a belief. So we can say that the critical thinking is more an opinion-based thinking.