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Appendix A

Stages of Critical Thinking

Complete 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: |Examine my thinking to identify problems |Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of|
| |that affect my thinking. |my thinking. |
|The Unreflective Thinker | | |
|The Challenged Thinker |Be willing to take the steps needed to be |Self-deception about my deficiencies as a |
| |in command of my thinking. |thinker. |
|The Beginning Thinker |Develop an approach that can help me |Avoiding the challenges of this stage of |
| |improve my level of thinking. |thinking. |
|The Practicing Thinker |Make a commitment to practice critical | Not willing to recognize the negative |
| |thinking. |implications of selfish thinking. |
|The Advanced Thinker |Identify areas in my life where thinking |Not willing to correct my egocentric |
| |critically is working best and where it is |defensiveness and rationalizing ways of |
| |not working as well.

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