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dp4.GEN499.docx GEN 499 GEN 499 General Education Capstone Elements of Critical Thinking Critical thinking is a basic skill that allows a person to deconstruct articles, journals, and research pap... ers by examining them for validity. One element of critical thinking is the ability to identify biases, which are personal feelings of the writer that may be evident within a written work. A second element is determining the €œrelevance€ of your research, how well it relates to the point you are trying to make (Erstad, 2018). Another element of critical thinking is the ability to €œdetect inconsistencies and common mistakes€; this includes grammar errors and punctuation (Critical Thinking web, n.d.). This skill is useful because it helps to identify €œfake news€ or news that is not based in fact or research, the article might even be an opinion or satire. The last two elements of critical thinking are lo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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