What Does Critical Reasoning Test?
Critical Reasoning tests your understanding of the construction, structure, and components of logical arguments as well as your ability to carefully read and interpret the English language. Critical Reasoning questions will take many forms but test only a few skills. The questions may require you to identify, evaluate, attack, or support an argument, but regardless of the specific tasks the underlying skills tested will be the same. The reasoning skills tested are: 1. Understanding of assumptions underlying the argument Identify the Assumption questions Weaken the argument questions Strengthen the argument questions Evaluate the argument questions 2. Understanding of content of the argument Identify an inference questions Identify the main point questions Explain the paradox questions 3. Understanding of the structure of the argument Bolded part questions Parallel the reasoning questions How Can We Improve Our Understanding of and Accuracy on Critical Reasoning? To improve your underst
