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Diagram type D thinking (shown in Fig. 4) shows multilogical thinking or critical thinking. Multilogical thinking is<br />

the opposite of monological thinking – that is thinking that considers opposite points of view, and examines both<br />

supporting and opposing arguments for each view considered (Paul, 1995). Only two participants fell into this<br />

category, namely, P98 and P105. P98 scored high on the EBQ and P105 low.<br />

Supporting<br />

Reason n<br />

Sup porting<br />

Reason n<br />

Supporting<br />

Reason 1<br />

Opposite<br />

point of<br />

view<br />

Supporting<br />

Reason 2<br />

Opposing<br />

Argument<br />

n<br />

examines<br />

considers<br />

Sup porting<br />

Reason 1<br />

Point of view<br />

sup ported<br />

Sup porting<br />

Reason 3<br />

Figure 2. Diagram type B thinking<br />

Elaboration<br />

n<br />

Opposing<br />

Argument<br />

1<br />

considers<br />

Elaboration<br />

2<br />

Supporting<br />

Reason 1<br />

Point of view<br />

supported<br />

Supporting<br />

Reason 3<br />

Figure 3. Diagram type C thinking<br />

Elaboration<br />

1<br />

Elaboration<br />

1<br />

Sup porting<br />

Reason 2<br />

Elaboration<br />

1<br />

Supporting<br />

Reason 2<br />

Elaboration<br />

n<br />

Elaboration<br />

2<br />

8

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