Strategy List: 35 Dimensions of Critical Thought S-1 Thinking Independently Principle: Critical thinking is independent thinking, thinking for oneself. Many of our beliefs are acquired at an early age, when we have a strong tendency to form beliefs for irrational reasons (because we want to believe, because we are praised or rewarded for believing). Critical thinkers use critical skills and insights to reveal and reject beliefs that are irrational. In forming new beliefs, critical thinkers do not passively accept the beliefs of others; rather, they try to figure things out for themselves, reject unjustified authorities, and recognize the contributions of genuine authorities. They thoughtfully form principles of thought and action; they do not mindlessly accept those presented to them. If they find that a set of categories or distinctions is more appropriate than that used by another, they will use it. Independent thinkers strive to incorporate all known relevant knowledge and insight into their thought and behavior. Go to top
Making Critical Thinking Intuitive Teaching For Intuitive Understanding The meaning of “intuitive” we are using in this chapter makes no reference to a mysterious power of the mind, but rather to the phenomenon of “quick and ready insight” (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary). This sense of the word is connected to the everyday fact that we can learn concepts at various levels of depth. When, for example, we memorize an abstract definition of a word and do not learn how to apply it effectively in a wide variety of situations, we end up without an intuitive foundation for our understanding. Helping students to develop critical thinking intuitions is, then, helping them gain the practical insights necessary for a quick and ready application of concepts to cases in a large array of circumstances. Unfortunately much of what we originally learned in school as children was abstract and unconnected to everyday life and experience. Inferences and Assumptions For example, I heard a scratch at the door.
Critical Thinking Model 1 To Analyze Thinking We Must Identify and Question its Elemental Structures Standard: Clarityunderstandable, the meaning can be grasped Could you elaborate further? Standard: Accuracyfree from errors or distortions, true How could we check on that? Standard: Precisionexact to the necessary level of detail Could you be more specific? Standard: Relevancerelating to the matter at hand How does that relate to the problem? Standard: Depthcontaining complexities and multiple interrelationships What factors make this a difficult problem? Standard: Breadthencompassing multiple viewpoints Do we need to look at this from another perspective? Standard: Logicthe parts make sense together, no contradictions Does all this make sense together? Standard: Significancefocusing on the important, not trivial Is this the most important problem to consider? Standard: FairnessJustifiable, not self-serving or one-sided Do I have any vested interest in this issue? Why the Analysis of Thinking is Important Think About...
100 Terrific Time-Management Tools to Get Your Degree in 3 Years | Best Colleges Online Posted on Sunday July 26, 2009 by Staff Writers By Emily Thomas Getting your degree in three years isn’t impossible, especially if you’re earning your degree online. It just takes some dedication and excellent time management skills. Shortcuts From hotkeys to password managers, the following tools will help you find shortcuts for plenty of computer activities. Launchy. Analyze and Manage Your Time Use these tools to monitor, analyze, and even promote smart usage while online or on your computer. RescueTime Solo. To-Do Lists These to-do lists will ensure you never miss an important assignment or test. NowDoThis. Note-Taking and Highlighting Organized and efficient highlighting and note-taking of information can drastically cut your study time down, so give these time-saving tools a try. Evernote. Citation Don’t spend needless time trying to get your citations done correctly. EasyBib. Student Organizers MyNoteit. Documents, Spreadsheets, and Presentations Google Docs. Bookmarking Delicious. Mind42.
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SWOT analysis A SWOT analysis, with its four elements in a 2×2 matrix. A SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is a structured planning method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats involved in a project or in a business venture. A SWOT analysis can be carried out for a product, place, industry or person. Strengths: characteristics of the business or project that give it an advantage over others.Weaknesses: characteristics that place the business or project at a disadvantage relative to others.Opportunities: elements that the project could exploit to its advantage.Threats: elements in the environment that could cause trouble for the business or project. Identification of SWOTs is important because they can inform later steps in planning to achieve the objective. First, the decision makers should consider whether the objective is attainable, given the SWOTs. Matching and converting[edit] One way of utilizing SWOT is matching and converting. Use[edit] Criticism[edit]
How to Cite Twitter and Facebook, Part II: Reference List Entries and In-Text Citations [Note 10/18/2013: Please view an updated and expanded version of this post at by Chelsea Lee Previously I talked about how to cite Twitter and Facebook posts or feeds in general, which you can do quite easily by mentioning the URLs in text (with no reference list entries required). Today I address some of the issues pertaining to citing particular posts, which require both reference list entries and in-text citations. As you may have noticed, the Publication Manual does not give specific guidance on how to do this. What to do in the meantime? First, here are screenshots of my examples from Twitter and Facebook (click to enlarge): The suggested reference list entries below generally follow the format for citation of online sources (see pp. 214–215): Here’s the rationale I used for presenting each element in the reference: For in-text citations, parenthetical citation may be easiest: What’s Next
MISA 1 Definition MISA is an instructional engineering method describing graphically the instructional design processes and their products which define a learning system completely. MISA supports 35 main tasks or processes and around 150 subtasks. The method has been totally represented within the MOT knowledge editor. [1] MISA = Méthode d'Ingéniérie cognitive de Systèmes de Téléapprentissage 2 MISA Components The MISA method identifies four axis DC: Design of Content (know-that and know-how) Knowledge and Skill Representation DP: Design of Pedagogical specifications Application of Teaching Methods and Approaches DM: Design of Materials Specification of Learning Materials DD: Design of Delivery Delivery Planning There are 6 phases: Definition of the project (dossier) Preliminary analysis Definition of the course architecture Design of the various elements Implementation and validation Diffusion (field implementation) Roughly, a timeline for development could look like this: 3 Software