critical thinking in college students
select an issue or problem that you wish to investigate critically. Formulate a question or thesis (Links to an external site.) on the issue so that your research has a clear and cogent direction.
Use Paul and Elder’s (2012) intellectual standards to find a topic or problem that is clear, relevant, significant, and precise.
Now, write a paper that addresses the problem or issue via scholarly sources.
Your paper should include the following:
Title page: include your name, date, title of essay, and class
Introduction: provide a two-paragraph introduction (Links to an external site.) that frames the issue or problem carefully
Engagement with issue or problem using scholarly sources and the intellectual standards proposed by Paul and Elder (2012): What is the issue? Why is it significant? Why is this issue relevant to you (and/or your community)? What have you learned about the depth and breadth of the issue or problem from scholarly sources? How do the scholarly sources aid you in fair-mindedness and logic?
Conclusion (Links to an external site.): Reflect on your issue or problem and how the sources informed your thinking. What have you learned? How can you apply the intellectual standards and elements of reason to this issue or problem to come to creative solutions? What critical questions remain?
References
Journal Submission. Each module lecture contains a section with journal prompts that focus on reflection and application of the module content. Use the Journal Template to record your answers for each module’s prompt(s). Include these entries at the end of your Final Portfolio.
Details
Cite all claims and ideas using scholarly sources. While it is acceptable to write in the first person, be sure to cite your sources to support your inferences.
Your paper should engage a minimum of six scholarly sources that are not required or recommended readings for this course.
Your paper should be eight to ten pages in length
Papers should be double-spaced, 12-point font.
Please include an outline that has the following:
Submit a one-page academic outline with the following parts:
a paragraph describing your revised topic selection and a question or thesis (Links to an external site.) statement to investigate critically
An outline which includes:
main points
sub-points
engagement with the intellectual standards and elements of reason demonstrating your strategy for critically investigating the topic. You may wish to refer to Chapter 5 of Paul and Elder (2012).
a couple weeks ago I had you pick a topic for this and you said critical thinking. If we could narrow it down to critical thinking in college students that would be wonderful!
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Paper Outline
Introduction: Intellectual standards are the basis of critical thinking when making important decisions in life. A review of relevant research is done to reinforce the primary thinking based on real-life circumstances
Literature Review: The movement of history in a different account of thinking generates some reasonable basis of integrated study.
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