COURSE EVALUATION FORM: Student Perceptions of Critical T in!

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INSTRUCTOR________________________________________________ Course Number and Title ________________________________________ Instructions: Do not put your name on this sheet. Circle appropriate number for each item. o! Score "i#h Score

$% To !hat e&tent does the instructor teach so that you must T"IN' to understand the content( or are you able to #et a #ood #rade by simply memori)in# !ithout really understandin# the content* +% To !hat e&tent did your instructor e&plain !hat critical thin/in# is 0in a !ay that you could understand%* ,% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to encoura#e critical thin/in# in the learnin# process* -% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to ma/e clear the reason !hy you are doin# !hat you are doin# 0the purpose of the assi#nment( acti1ity( chapter( test( etc2%* .% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to ma/e clear the precise 3uestion( problem( or issue on the floor at any #i1en time in instruction* 4% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to help you learn ho! to find information rele1ant to ans!erin# 3uestions in the sub5ect* 6% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to help you learn ho! to understand the /ey or#ani)in# concepts in the sub5ect* 7% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to help you learn ho! to identify the most basic assumptions in the sub5ect*

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8% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to help you learn ho! to ma/e inferences 5ustified by data or information*

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$9% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to help you learn ho! to distin#uish assumptions( inferences( and implications*
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o! Score $$% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to help you learn ho! to thin/ !ithin the point of 1ie! of the sub5ect 0thin/ historically( thin/ scientifically( thin/ mathematically%*

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$+% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to help you learn ho! to as/ 3uestions that e&perts in the sub5ect routinely as/*

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$,% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to enable you to thin/ more clearly*

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$-% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to enable you to thin/ more accurately*

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$.% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to enable you to thin/ more deeply*

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$4% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to enable you to thin/ more lo#ically*

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$6% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to enable you to thin/ more fairly*

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$7% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to help you learn ho! to distin#uish !hat you /no! from !hat you don=t /no!*

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$8% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to help you learn ho! to thin/ !ithin the point of 1ie! of those !ith !hom you disa#rees*

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+9% To !hat e&tent does your instructor teach so as to encoura#e you to thin/ for yourself usin# intellectual discipline*

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This evaluation can be administered only with the permission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking CCT@criticalthinking.org
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