Stages of Critical Thinking

Week 1 Assignment, Part AAppendix AStages of Critical ThinkingComplete the matrix by identifying the six stages of critical thinking, describing how to move from each stage to the next, and listing obstacles you may face as you move to the next stage of critical thinking.Stages of Critical Thinking|How to Move to the Next Stage|Obstacles to Moving to the Next Stage| EXAMPLE:The Unreflective Thinker|Examine my thinking to identify problems that affect my thinking.|Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of my thinking | The Challenged Thinker|I’m aware that my thinking has problems, and needs to be worked on.|Identifying the problems in my thinking.| The Beginning Thinker|I try to fix the problems in my thinking.|I’m not practicing on fixing the problems with my thinking regularly enough.| The Practicing Thinker|I realize that practicing regularly is important to improve my thinking.|Using the strategies to improve my thinking together.| The Advanced Thinker|If I practice regularly, I will advance in accordance with that practice.|Using the strategies I’ve learned naturally.| The Master Thinker|If I continue to use the strategies I’ve learned, insightful thinking will be second nature to me.|I must keep using my strategies regularly.|

Write a 150- to 200-word explanation of your current stage of critical-thinking development and explain why you placed yourself at that stage. Format your paragraph consistent with Associate Level Writing Style Handbook guidelines.

I believe that my current stage of critical thinking is the second stage, the challenged thinker. I’ve placed myself in this stage because I know that my thinking has problems and that I really need to work on each issue. To move on to the next stage, I need to identify each problem in my thinking, or at least as many as I can. The first two problems hindering my critical thinking that I have identified so far is my misunderstanding of what concentration is, hindering my ability to successfully