Cognitive: Relevant vs irrelevant
One of the ways that students lose marks on ERQs or in extended essays is by including irrelevant information in the evaluations. There are two ways in which a critical thinking statement may be considered irrelevant. First, it is not relevant to the point it is trying to make. For example, saying that a study has low ecological validity because of the sampling method. Secondly, it may be irrelevant to the question...