| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page |
Dasbender, Gita. “Critical Thinking in College Writing: From the Personal to the Academic.” Writing Scapes: Readings on Writing, vol. 1, 2011, pp. 37–51. |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words |
Critical thinking isn’t just about going in-depth in an article or reading it’s more about learning to go beyond the piece of writing. In Dasbenders article, Critical Thinking in College Writing: From the Personal to the Academic, she explains how to think critically and how to go beyond the piece of writing. As you read the text you first should ask yourself questions about specific words or phrases and what the author is trying to imply or what it may mean. Then, you need to look for important ideas. Ideas that help you understand the text and ideas that stand out as important. Then, one should look for key terms in the important ideas and try to explain what the key terms mean. Then, one should write a personal response to the essay to create a relationship with the text. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. |
A new concept I learned is writing a personal response in critical thinking. Using the author’s own words, “This stage in critical thinking is important for establishing your relationship with a text. What do I mean by this “relationship,” you may ask? Simply put, it has to do with how you feel about the text.” I thought that this was interesting because I never thought about creating a personal relationship with the writing in the critical thinking process. |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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I have not read many articles about critical thinking but now I look back on other articles I have read and I have been able to think about them in more of a critical way. Going forward I will be able to use these steps for critical thinking in the future readings I do as well as help me become a better writer. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. |
How does critical thinking apply to reading and analyzing a text? |
