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Rationale is a tool that helps students improve critical thinking by easily creating reasoning diagrams on any topic you can think of. The tool provides an overview and creates clarity in large amounts of information and complex reasoning. Students can use the clear reasoning diagrams to better structure their essays and arguments.

In addition, Rationale helps develop the critical thinking skill. As students display information and reasoning in structured maps, the critical thinking process is made clear and visual. These structured cards can be filled with statements, reasons and arguments for or against the statement. They can also indicate where the information comes from, such as from a scientific article or opinion piece.

With the use of Rationale, and the reasoning charts, students get a better overview of the information and reasoning, which makes writing essays or arguments, for example, easier. It also provides a clearer line in the narrative because students think in advance about the information they want to include in their paper.