ConceptDraw MINDMAP
Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is the mental process of clear and rational analysis information, achieved from observation, practice, logic, and/or communication. It includes the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking.

Thinking skills can be divided into critical and creative thinking. Creativity is a way to generate new ideas. To be a good and effective thinker, both kinds of thinking skills are required.

The process of critical thinking is based on the intellectual values that go beyond subject-matter divisions and which include: clarity, accuracy, distinctness, clearness, thoroughness and fairness.

Critical thinking steps

ConceptDraw MINDMAP was designed to boost critical thinking of both individuals and groups.

Every single business, job or task, which includes the process of critical thinking, involves:

1. Goals and objectives which we want to achieve.
2. Questions and problems we need to solve.
3. Information and data about our questions and goals.
4. The way of interpreting of information, concepts and ideas, need to be organized.
5. Key postulates that are starting points in our thinking.

Mind maps provide an effective tool for organizing and evaluating this information, by presenting ideas, goals and questions in attractive visual form.

There are some examples of MINDMAP idea tree:

Process of critical thinking	Critical thinking

What tools does MINDMAP offer for creative and critical thinking?

1. User-friendly brainstorming
2. Automatic mind-map creation
3. Sort, numerate, link ideas, assign attitude icons to the branches
4. Automatic changing of map layout
5. Robust but easy to use graphic tools

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