FIGURE 5.1 Rate Your Critical-Thinking Skills Now that you have read about critical thinking, it would be beneficial to rate yourself as a critical thinker. Perhaps at this point in the term, critical thinking may seem unnecessary to you, but it will be interesting to see how you will change in the next few weeks and months.

Circle the number that best fits you in each of the critical situations described below. Click here to download the figure.

The more 7-10 scores you have circled, the more likely it is that you use your critical-thinking skills often. The lower scores indicate that you may not be using critical-thinking skills very often or use them only during certain activities, such as an educational class.