| Welcome to GISAT 160. |
| Week | General Topic |
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| 1 | But don't we already know how to think? What is critical thinking? |
| 2 | Evaluating arguments - structure, language, context |
| 3 | Evaluating arguments - logic, reaching a conclusion, deductive reasoning, faulty logic |
| 4 | Close reading - putting it all together |
| 5 | Close reading cont. Writing arguments, Applying critical thinking to your own writing |
| 6 | Writing arguments - First exam |
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Part II: Evaluating Other
Media
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| 7 | Evaluating web sources - primary vs secondary; using web sources Separating fact from fiction on the web Evaluating advertising - print, TV, web |
| 8 | Evaluating spoken arguments - learning to listen critically Evaluating statistics - display format, meaning |
| 9 | Web safety - Let's be careful out there! Blogs, chats, facebook,
information sharing Whose network is it anyway? |
| 9 | Linear problem solving Implementing a solution - Algorithmic thinking |
| 10 | Understand the process, not just the answer Looking for patterns and repetition |
| 11 | Problem solving cont |
| 12 | Systems thinking |
| 13 | Systems thinking |
| 14 | What is data? And how do I use it? Drawing conclusions |
| 15 | Unassigned for overflow of other topics |
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FINAL
EXAM
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| Section 6 - Mon, May 2, 8 - 10am Section 7 - Mon, Apr 30, 10:30 - 12:30am |
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