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Dec 21, 2024
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SP 500 - Critical Thinking0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits
Course Description
In this 5- or 10-week course, students will spend time developing their language skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and vocabulary while they improve their critical thinking skills. Units will be designed around a theme, such as current events, technology, or business. Each unit will begin with a listening and reading activity to engage the students and familiarize themselves with the topic. They will learn and apply skills to effectively find the audience, main idea and purpose of a text or presentation and write a summary. They will also present or lead a discussion related to the topic of the unit, in which they will design questions to encourage the critical thinking of their classmates. In each unit, students will also keep track of new vocabulary words in a word journal. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Listen for the main ideas and key details in a presentation, talk or lecture
- Read to find the main ideas and key details in a text
- Find the purpose, audience, and main idea of a text and a lecture
- Write an effective summary of a text and a lecture
- Ask and answer higher-order thinking questions
- Lead and participate in a small and large group academic discussion
- Plan and give an academic presentation
Prerequisites by Topic
Coordinator
Katherine Toske
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