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Thinking About Disciplinary Insights MCQ

An interdisciplinary approach to critical thinking about disciplinary work is extremely complex.

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False

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Correct Answer: False

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Perhaps the most common reason for lack of clarity is the author’s use of technical jargon.

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Correct Answer: True

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Two guidelines for critically analyzing a disciplinary work are its depth and breadth.

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Correct Answer: True

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Data and methods are deemed valid if it is likely that similar results would be found if the study were replicated or performed again under similar conditions.

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False

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Correct Answer: False

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Critical thinking is analysis and evaluation.

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Correct Answer: True

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Awareness of the limitations of expertise means that

You know that when something is published in a peer reviewed journal or book, the author must be completely all knowing and free from bias.

You know that just because something is published in a peer reviewed journal or book, the author is neither all knowing nor free from bias

You know that when something is published in a peer reviewed journal or book, the author must be interdisciplinary.

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Correct Answer: You know that just because something is published in a peer reviewed journal or book, the author is neither all knowing nor free from bias

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A disciplinary insight is

A conclusion or conclusions in a work

An opinion.

Objective, certain, and absolute.

Cannot be fully produced.

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Correct Answer: Objective, certain, and absolute.

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If after mapping the phenomenon associated with a complex problem to reveal its disciplinary parts you see that two of the disciplines disagree on an aspect of your complex problem, you should

Choose another problem.

Ask yourself whether the disciplines are actually studying different aspects of the phenomenon.

Attempt to reconcile the conflicting points of view.

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Correct Answer: Ask yourself whether the disciplines are actually studying different aspects of the phenomenon.

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One advantage that an interdisciplinary reader has over a disciplinary colleague is that

The interdisciplinary reader can compare and contrast insights generated by different disciplines.

The interdisciplinary reader can use the insights of one discipline to critique the insights of another.

Both “a” and “b” are correct.

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Correct Answer: Both “a” and “b” are correct.

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What is interdisciplinary critical thinking?

Interdisciplinary critical thinking includes critical thinking but also it requires awareness of the limitations of expertise, self-awareness, intellectual courage, and respect for different viewpoints.

Interdisciplinary critical thinking includes critical thinking but also it requires awareness of sources, disciplinary adequacy, and metacognition.

Interdisciplinary critical thinking is the same as critical thinking.

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Correct Answer: Interdisciplinary critical thinking includes critical thinking but also it requires awareness of the limitations of expertise, self-awareness, intellectual courage, and respect for different viewpoints.

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