Critical Thinking ! What is critical thinking? Critical thinking is disciplined, deliberate method of thinking used to search for meaning; employs strategies such as asking questions, evaluating evidence, identifying assumptions, examining alternatives, and seeking to understand various point of view. (Delaune Ladner 1998), it's a means by which available information is interpreted with the intent of arriving at a justifiable premise or conclusion. <Tab/>For example, when a statement is written with the …showed first 75 words of 959 total…

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