The Miniature Guide to The Art of Asking Essential Questions by Linda Elder & Richard Paul

Author:Linda Elder & Richard Paul [Elder, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking
Published: 2005-01-03T16:00:00+00:00

Analyzing an Author’s Reasoning Through Questions

Critical readers are able to identify the elements of reasoning embedded in a text. Here are some questions (overlapping with those above) which we can ask through understanding the elements of thought:

Purpose: What is the author’s purpose?

Question: What question is the author attempting to answer?

Information: What information does the author use in coming to conclusions?

Inferences: What are the main conclusions or inferences made by the author?

Concepts: What are the main ideas that guide the author’s thinking?

Assumptions: What does the author take for granted?

Point of View: What is the author looking at, and how is s/he seeing it?

Implications: If the author is correct (or insightful), what are some implications we should recognize?

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