Article Analysis: Colin Swatridge's article "What is Critical Thinking?"

Overview

For this assignment, you need to read Colin Swatridge's article "What is Critical Thinking?"

and then provide a summary and critical analysis of the article.

This is an informal writing assignment, so it is acceptable to present your findings in note form. Write this assignment in a Word document.

Below I have provided the steps you need to follow:

1. First, you want to determine the thesis of the article. Write this in the word doc and clearly identify it as such.
2. Review the article again and underline key points in the margin of the essay. Use a dictionary to look up any words you do not know. Write a list of the main points in your word doc.
3. Now you need to Critically analyze (that is analyze and evaluate) the article.
   • To analyze you should examine key ideas in the article and consider whether you find them convincing or not. Explain why you react in this way.
   • To evaluate you should determine how effective and valid the argument presented is and (if applicable) the methods used to support the argument and conclusions presented. Consider any evidence used by the author to support his/her arguments. What sources are used? Are they valid? Why? or Why not?
   • Finally, your evaluation should consider how effective the arguments were in supporting the thesis?
   • You can write your evaluation in paragraph or bullet form.