Research on Critical Thinking and its Cultivation Strategies in Teaching

Abstract

Critical thinking refers to the individual judgment of the authenticity,process,theory,method,background,evidence and evaluation of the learned knowledge through active thinking,so as to make reasonable decisions about what to do and what to believe. Critical thinking is the most basic of evaluation,exploration and development activities.It is the general and indirect refl ection of human brain on the essential attributes and laws of objective things to cultivate students’scientifi c spirit,exploration ability and problem-solving thinking,and belongs to human cognition activities.Critical thinking includes the process of insight,analysis and evaluation in the thinking process.Critical thinking is an important part of one’s scientifi c quality.It includes processes of thought,which may be visible or invisible,in order to arrive at a positive judgment,and to reconcile scientifi c grounds with common sense.The basic elements of critical thinking are assertion,thesis and argument.