Credential
Durable Skills
Undergraduate

SkillBuild Critical Thinking

10 Hours

Estimated learning time

Self-Paced

Progress at your own speed

Popular course

A popular course among students

About the Credential

Description

92% of employers say that soft skills like critical thinking are more important than hard skills, and 89% say that it’s hard to find candidates who have them. Separate yourself from the pack with SkillBuild Critical Thinking, an active learning online course that helps you develop and practice your critical thinking skills. Each of the four modules in the course guides you through simulated workplace challenges as you work to show mastery of these vital skills. Upon completion of the course you will receive a microcredential that you can use to signal your skills to employers.

What You’ll Learn

  • To ground problem-solving in facts rather than opinions
  • To resist easy answers
  • To answer in depth questions about data
  • To use logic and reasoning to evaluate arguments, form judgements, and make recommendations

How You’ll Learn

  • Train in real-world role-playing simulations
  • Prove your skills through multiple levels of assessment
  • Just in time practice to boost skills
  • Virtual coach to keep you on target
  • Expected course completion time: 7-10 hours

Backed by our 20+ years of experience with simulations and built on the award-winning Muzzy Lane Author platform, SkillBuild Critical Thinking is the fastest, most efficient way to build this vital workplace skill.

Topics

  • Gathering and Assesing Information
  • Questioning Assumptions
  • Identifying Patterns
  • Drawing Conclusions

Sections

Schedule

Asynchronous

Delivery method

Online

$187.03

Deliverables

  • 0 Credits

    Academic Excellence

    Earn necessary number of credit hours for completing this content

  • Hone Important Skills

    Total Upgrade

    Such as Identify Core Issues, Distinguish Facts from Opinions, Provide Thoughtful Analysis, Recognize the Role of Bias, Identify Stated Assumptions, Identify Unstated Assumptions, Evaluate Assumptions, Determine if Assumption Should be Rejected, Recognize Commonality, Frame Problems in Familiar Terms, Validate Clustering Techniques, Evaluate the Strength of an Argument, Form Judgements based upon Evidence, Make Recommendations Supported by Evidence

Outcomes

  • Focus on relevant issues and address the root causes of a problem
  • The ability to identify or separate facts from opinions or assertions
  • Use logical arguments to break down issues into facts to build a relevant solution
  • Identifying and addressing bias to make decisions based on facts
  • Recognize an argument that assumes the listener agrees, accompanied by a supporting statement
  • Recognize an argument that assumes the listener agrees, with no supporting statement
  • The ability to determine if an assumption is true;
  • When should an assumption be included to solve a given problem
  • Identify patterns, connections, or similarities to further understanding in seemingly unrelated information
  • Identify a framework that underlies a complex problem and describe that framework in more familiar terms or a related story
  • Apply appropriate methods to organizing data to highlight potentially meaningful connections
  • Assess the persuasiveness and validity of a particular argument by considering information and support from various credible sources
  • Rely on factual information, data, or evidence to support your judgment or decision-making process
  • Provide suggestions or advice while relying on factual information, data, research findings, or other evidence to justify and bolster those recommendations
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