Pay no mind to this blog. It's just to keep track of what I thought in class. This will be used to help my review of the class at the end of the semester.
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My critical thinking class is lacking in terms of creating a space for critical thinking. Each student is required to present a card that tells everyone what the purpose of their thought was. A card could be an explanation, restatement, comparison, challenge, question, clarifying/clarification, support, etc. The problem here is that this limits what a student can actually THINK. Also, each student is responsible for themselves, so there's no reason to go out of their way to actually think about what another student thinks. As long as the teacher accepts a card, a student is guaranteed a good grade. This method of thinking critically will also damage the grade of students who don't do well in public speaking, though I understand the purpose of the GER is to increase a student's skills in public speaking. I believe that public speaking can be left to presentations.
Also, students can choose their own groups. The problem with this is that people tend to stay in the same group and agree to the same idea. A better method for critical thinking in groups is to assign a new group every 2-4 weeks, and have each student grade the others on their performance as well as their own performance.
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