Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Within the framework of skepticism, critical thinking is the mental process of acquiring information, then evaluating it to reach a logical conclusion or answer. Critical thinking is synonymous with informal logic. Increasingly, educators believe that schools should focus more on critical thinking than on memorization of facts. External Link Critical Thinking Community - Resources for teaching critical thinking, including syllabi; library; sponsors semianrs and conferences. Using Critical Thinking To Conduct Effective Searches of Online Resources A classroom guide to Critical Thinking Core Concepts - from The Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.