Critical thinking by john chaffee

1. Thinking Critically
2nd Session
 Thinking Critically
 Thinking Activity
 Achieving Short Term Goals
 Methods of Achieving Short Term Goals
Course Facilitator: Ms. Qazi Safia
Hussain

2. Thinking Critically
 A research study by scientists shows that our brain observe
changes in blood flow. It shows which part of the brain are most
active when a person is engaged in different mental process.

3. Thinking Activity!
 Analyzing a goal that you achieved
1. Describe an important goal that you recently
achieved.
2. Identify the steps you had to take to achieve this
goal in the order in which they were taken, and
estimate the amount of time each step took.
3. Describe how you felt when you achieved your
goal.

4. Achieving Short Term Goals!
 With the results of Thinking Activity, you can
see that thinking
 effectively plays a crucial role in helping you to
achieve your goals by enabling you to perform
two distinct, interrelated activities:
1. Identifying the appropriate goals
2. Devising effective plans and strategies to
achieve your goals

5. Achieving Short Term Goals
 Identify five short-term goals you would like to
achieve in the next week.
 Now rank these goals in order of importance,
ranging from the goals that are most essential
for you to achieve to those that are less
significant.
 Once this process of identifying and ranking
your goals is complete, you can then focus on
devising effective plans and strategies to
achieve your goals.

6. Achieving Short Term Goals
 Let us check an example of Achieving a short
term goal.
Goal: Prepare for biology quiz in 2 days
Steps to be Taken Time Involved Schedule
1. Photocopy the
notes for the class
that was missed
20 minutes After next class
2. Review reading
Assignments and
Notes
2 Hours Tonight
3. Make a
Summary Review
1 Hour Tomorrow Night
4. Study the review
sheet
30 minutes Right Before Quiz

7. Achieving Short Term Goals
Common thinking errors in seeking our goals
include the following:
 We neglect to explicitly identify important goals.
 We concentrate on less important goals first,
leaving insufficient time to work on more important
goals.
 We don’t identify all of the steps required to achieve
our goals, or we approach them in the wrong order.
 We underestimate the time each step will take
and/or fail to plan the steps in our schedule.

8. Method for Achieving Short-
Term Goals
Step 1:
 Identify the short-term goals.
 Rank the goals in order of importance.
 Select the most important goal(s) to focus on.

9. Method for Achieving Short-
Term Goals
Step 2
 Devise effective plans to achieve your goals.
 List all of the steps in the order in which they
should be taken.
 Estimate how much time each step will take.
 Plan the steps in your daily/weekly schedule.