Criteria Corner Activities:
Click on each intellectual standards term above for activities focused on each one.
Internalize These Essential Intellectual Standards for Thought:
Depth
The intellectual standard of depth derives from the fact that some issues involve
complexity and thinking that ignores complexity will not effectively deal with the
complicated problem or issue at hand.
Activity: Recognizing Superficial Approaches
Consider the consequences of superficial solutions.
Identify a problem you have experienced at work where the solutions presented to the problem were
superficial in nature. If decisions were made based on this surface thinking, what were the consequences
that followed from the decision? If final decisions have not yet been made on this issue, try to think of some
implications (or potential consequences) of following the superficial thinking that has been presented to deal
with the problem.
