GEN 499 Week 4 DQ 1 Explain at least five elements of critical thinking that you found in the reading material. These five elements are ways to think about how to enrich and enhance your thinking critically.

1. Encourages critical thinking and reasoning when analyzing research material.
2. Define supporting evidence before making a bias assumption on a situation.
3. Learn to identify factors by using a mental picture to identify a potential solution.
4. Learning to use information is relevant by defining a clear objective.
5. Learn to assess information to draw a conclusion based on the data.

Search the Internet, media, or the Ashford University Library, and find an example in which good critical thinking skills are being demonstrated by the author or speaker. Summarize the...