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Student Outcomes Committee

MCC's 4 Cs iSLOs

Critical Thinking SLOs

CRITICAL THINKING

Definition:

Critical Thinking is the mental process of effectively identifying, determining, gathering, evaluating, and utilizing resources to innovate and/or to accomplish a specific task.

1. IDENTIFY ISSUE: Identify and interpret a problem or issue. 

2. DETERMINE NEEDS: Determine the resources needed.

3. GATHER RESOURCES: Gather resources effectively and efficiently.

4. EVALUATE RESOURCES: Evaluate resources critically.

5. UTILIZE RESOURCES: Utilize resources effectively and creatively to innovate and/or to accomplish a specific task.   

6. ASSESS RESULTS: Assess and evaluate results.

 

Follow the link below to view the Critical Thinking Scoring Guidelines:

CRITICAL THINKING SCORING GUIDELINES

Have Questions about Critical Thinking?

Need help interpreting the criteria for Critical Thinking or aligning your assignments to the Critical Thinking Scoring Guidelines?

Contact:

Jennifer Fay  jennifer.fay@mesacc.edu

Marjorie Leta  marjorie.leta@mesacc.edu

Notes...

Critical Thinking incorporates the previous outcomes of:

  • Information Literacy
  • Problem Solving
  • Scientific Inquiry
  • Numeracy

Team Leads:

Marjorie Leta

Jennifer Fay

Tim Florschuetz