Critical Thinking Indicators 5 4 3 2 1

1. Has a questioning attitude

2. Is aware of limitations
3. Is aware of personal values and beliefs in the experience
4. Is able to examine all aspects of the experience (assumptions,
current knowledge, interpretation of the experience, how it relates
to past experiences)
5. Integrates new and current knowledge to creatively explore new
ways of doing things (searches out practice guidelines and best
evidence based on critical appraisal of the literature to keep up to
date)
6. Makes personal and professional judgments on accepted
professional codes and standards of practice)
7. Organizes and plans work according to personal and course
expectations
8. Talks to others to exchange ideas as a team member
9. Follows the appropriate agency guidelines and standards of
practice
10. Is focused on continuous improvement through self-directed
learning and negotiating learning opportunities
 Creative Thinking Indicators 5 4 3 2 1

1. Enhances thoughts, ideas, processes or products by adding

details
2. Demonstrates thoughts, ideas, processes or products by using
different forms of communication
3. Combines or adds to thoughts, ideas, processes or products
4. Maintains openness by considering new and diverse ideas and
multiple perspectives
5. Selects and uses multiple resources
6. Moves freely between new information and multiple strategies
7. Adapts and uses information and multiple strategies to seek
clarity
8. Demonstrates adaptability by changing ideas, questions,
resources, or strategies when presented with evidence
9. Plans and formulates a new, unique, or alternative solution to a
problem or situation
10. Represents and describes ideas or solutions in a variety of
ways
 Analytical Thinking Indicators 5 4 3 2 1

1. Undertakes complex tasks and breaks them down into

manageable parts in a systematic way
2. Thinks of multiple possible causes and anticipates consequences
of situations
3. Thinks of possible alternatives for a situation
4. Recognizes and reconciles data discrepancies
5. Identifies information needed to effectively solve problems
6. Weighs the pros and cons of options and alternatives
7. Systematically changes variables to determine effects on the
whole
8. Recognizes the need to obtain more or higher-quality
information
9. Recognize trends, associations, and/or cause-effect relationships
in data
10. Integrates information and data to make their meaning and
implication clear.