In class, students tell the teacher that they often watch or observe themselves as they perform tasks or make decisions about particular situations. The teacher would most likely inform the students that what they are doing is called:
a. critical thinking. c. intuitive thinking.
b. decision making. d. reflective thinking.
D
Pesut and Herman (1999) define reflective thinking as the watching or observing of ourselves while
we perform a task or make a decision about a particular situation. Intuitive thinking concerns the use
of an innate sense or "gut" feeling about a certain situation.
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