SECTION CONTENTS
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PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES (2)
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ENGINEERING REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
(2.1)
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EXPERIMENTATION AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVER
(2.2)
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SYSTEM THINKING
(2.3)
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PERSONAL SKILLS AND ATTITUDES
(2.4)
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Initiative and Willingness to Take Risks
(2.4.1)
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Perseverance and Flexibility
(2.4.2)
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Creative Thinking
(2.4.3)
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Critical Thinking
(2.4.4)
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Awareness of One's Personal Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes
(2.4.5)
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Curiosity and Lifelong Learning
(2.4.6)
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Curiosity and Lifelong Learning
(2.4.7)
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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTITUDES
(2.5)
INSTRUCTOR RESOURCE MODULES

Critical Thinking
(2.4.4)

The Critical Thinking Instructor Resource Module maps to Section 2.4.4 of the CDIO Syllabus, which lists the following sub-topics of critical thinking:

  • The statement of the problem
  • Logical arguments and solutions
  • Supporting evidence
    • Contradictory perspectives, theories and facts
    • Logical fallacies
  • Hypotheses and conclusions

The information below can be used to supplement your teaching of this topic. We encourage you to contact us with your comments on, and contributions to, this Instructor Resource Module.

Definitions of critical thinking

Approaches to teaching critical thinking

Teaching ideas for critical thinking

Assessing critical thinking

Resources for critical thinking