Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 880 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (How do you know?): A critical thinker asks “How do you know?”, checks the facts first, listens to both sides, looks for reasons and thinks before deciding. Not critical thinking: believing every rumour, deciding in a hurry, hearing only one side, copying what everyone does, sharing without checking. A new fact can change the answer — a good thinker changes their mind with proof.

1. 1.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) flips a coin (d) stops and thinks
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) believes every rumour (c) ignores the facts (d) thinks before deciding
6. 6.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) decides in a hurry (c) checks the facts first (d) listens to both sides
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) trusts any website (c) looks for reasons (d) asks good questions
8. 8.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) never asks why (c) spots missing facts (d) believes every rumour
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
10. 10.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) never asks why (c) thinks before deciding (d) shares without checking
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
14. 14.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) shares without checking (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) changes mind with proof
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
16. 16.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) spots missing facts (c) checks the facts first (d) hears only one side
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
19. 19.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) trusts any website (c) copies what all do (d) decides in a hurry
21. 21.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) listens to both sides (c) changes mind with proof (d) checks the facts first
23. 23.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) criticising people (c) thinking very fast (d) clear, fair thinking
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
26. 26.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) changes their mind (b) argues anyway (c) gets angry (d) hides the fact
27. 27.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) changes mind with proof (c) copies what all do (d) decides in a hurry
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) ignores the facts (c) asks good questions (d) trusts any website
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) shares without checking (c) compares the options (d) spots missing facts
35. 35.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) never asks why (c) hears only one side (d) shares without checking
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) never asks why (c) checks the facts first (d) spots missing facts
38. 38.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) decides in a hurry (d) hears only one side
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True

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