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Course Contents: Reasoning and Problem Solving (after 11/1/2008) Home; Week 1 A - Orientation and Pre-Instructional Activities; Week 1 B - What is Critical Thinking; Week 2 - The Elements of Reasoning and Standards of Critical Thinking; Week 3 - Systematic Problem Solving; Week 4 - Identifying Assumptions, Biases, and Common Fallacies; Week 5 - Considering Evidence, Including Statistics; Week 6 - Thinking about Your Thinking and Critical Writing; Week 7 - Critical Thinking in the Disciplines and Professions; Week 8 - Selecting a Question and Documenting Initial Understanding; Week 9 - Analysis of Sources; Week 10 - Assumptions, Biases, and Possible Solutions; Week 11 - Expressing Your Viewpoint and Biases Related to Your Selected Problem; Week 12 - Creating a Writing Plan; Week 13 and 14 - Writing the Analytical Essay; Week 15 - Writing the Self-Refection Essay

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Week 1 B - What is Critical Thinking

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Competency builders, discussion threads, and blogs in the community give you an opportunity to practice the concepts you are reading about in the learning resources.

Go to the Reasoning and Problem Solving community and post to the following discussion thread:

Share Initial Understandings of Critical Thinking

Go to the Reasoning and Problem Solving community and read and respond to the following blogs:

Is Fair-mindedness Required for Critical Thinking?
The Developmental Stages of Critical Thinking.
Thinking About Your Thinking.
What Benefits Do You Get From Becoming a Critical Thinker?

Visit the the following website to learn more:

www.criticalthinking.org

Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Week 1 B - What is Critical Thinking. (2008, October 10). Retrieved November 21, 2009, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/clrps-after-11-1-2008/a34.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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