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Selecting credible sources for your assignments enhances the quality and reliability of your work, making your arguments more persuasive and impactful. On the other hand, choosing the wrong sources can make your arguments weaker. Find out the difference between a strong and weak argument, and what information sources are considered...
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Critical thinking doesn't just happen. It takes time to develop and practice the necessary combination of knowledge, skills and attitude. Let's take a look at how we can develop our critical thinking skills. As a critical thinker, you will: ask questions analyse and evaluate information/theories/practice be aware of your own...
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The SIFT method can help you to critically evaluate the validity and reliability of information before sharing it with your online community. Let's explore how it can be used to evaluate information from social media. Social media is one way that people learn what’s happening in the world. But anyone...
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Not all information is created equal. Learn how to apply the CRAAP (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose) test to your sources. When you choose information for your assignments, there should be a continual evaluation process occurring. Evaluate information for its relevance and usefulness to your work, and its quality. Not...
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Identifying the major issues and their causes is vital to proposing appropriate solutions later. Let's explore how we can do this. From your annotation and note-taking you should have an understanding of what the problems are. Summarise or list the issues in your own words Make sure you: sort the...
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Being able to think and act critically is an important and necessary skill for your academic success as well as your future employment. Critical thinking is highly valued by employers in many careers, from law to teaching to business. Seeing the reasoning behind arguments and to find flaws and strengths...
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Understanding how the persuasive language authors use can help us to understand their potential motivations and biases. On this page, we'll examine how an author has used persuasive language in their argument. First of all, read the article The cost of change. Then, read the Persuasive language analysis section to...
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The next step is to read the case to identify what the issues are and try to understand how, or why, they might have occurred. Let's find out how we can do this. A proper analysis requires thorough reading more than once. The three reading strategies to use are: Skimming:...
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Throughout your time at university, you will be required to read and engage with many articles, books and other information sources. On this page, you will find tips to help you manage your reading load by reading both efficiently and effectively. Reading efficiently: surveying, skimming and scanning Students can be...
