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My critical thinking abilities have changed for the better throughout this course. Being able to understand what critical thinking is and how to accomplish it has begun to lead me to success in my personal, and professional life. As of right now, I feel like I can express or question things more in depth than before. Learning about the 8 elements of reasoning has helped me understand far more simple and complex subjects in detail. The 8 elements of reasoning have showed me how to break down the subject or topic into more specific questions making it easier to understand what is being asked of me. This has also allowed me to gather more information and details about the subject or topic at hand. For example, for these assignments I have now begun to break down each question in order to comprehend its purpose. Some of the questions I begin with are: What is the purpose of this assignment? What do I need to comprehend, learn, and accomplish? What information do I have or need in order to complete this assignment? Compared to the past, where I would just do the assignment and not worry about whether I truly comprehend it or understand its purpose.

Being able to understand and comprehend what critical thinking is and how to accomplish it through: the 8 elements of reasoning, SEE-I, the difference between claims and facts, the analyzing of a piece of reasoning, the concept of logic, fundamental and powerful concepts, discipline, point of views, and the standards of reasoning has led me to far more success in my class assignments that I have ever had during my bachelor studies. This deeper need to understand, to self-reflect, be aware of my fallacies and of those committing them around me, and be able to reason out certain ideas or concepts has allowed to find logic and comprehension to certain decisions managers have made or make each day. In order for me to make lasting and positive changes of my way of thinking, I need to continue exploring my weaknesses or faulty reasoning’s in order to begin understanding them and begin turning them into strength or something positive. I will also need to continue practicing all the steps of critical thinking, whether it’s through questioning a topic, understanding each detail or just following the 8 elements of reasoning, preferably all of the above. I’m sure that learning about critical thinking and understanding it will continue to lead me to success in both my personal and professional life.