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1. A plane full of Filipino tourists crashes on the border between Spain and Portugal. Where should the survivors be buried? 2. If you drive a bus with 50 people on board from Manila to Pampanga and drop off 5 people in Caloocan, 5 people in Balintawak and 5 people in Bulacan, when you arrive in Pampanga 36 hours later, what is the drivers name?
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3. If you had a match and entered the dark room with a fire place, a candle and an oil lamp, what would you light first? 4. Which statement is correct: Seven plus five is eleven, or seven plus five are eleven?
Did you have difficulty in answering the brain teasers? What does answering those items require? Did those items force you to think critically?
What is critical thinking? critical reading?
Critical Thinking
is the use of cognitive skills or strategies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome. It is used to describe thinking that is purposeful, reasoned and goal directed Critical thinking is reflective reasoning about beliefs and actions. It is a way of deciding whether a claim is always true, sometimes true, partly true, or false.
Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is the art of thinking about your thinking while you are thinking in order to make your thinking better: more clear, more accurate, or more defensible - Paul, Binker, Adamson, and Marin (1989)
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