Associate Level Material

Critical Thinking Final Presentation

Select and complete one of the following options:

Option 1: Education Option 2: Marketing Option 3: City Council

This benchmark assessment is a means for you to apply all you have learned in this course. It is recommended that you work on this a little each week to ensure adequate time is spent on building this presentation. To provide context, a variety of scenarios are provided for you to choose from. Regardless of the scenario, the presentation should include the same criteria.

Option 1: Education

Imagine you are an elementary school teacher wanting to add critical thinking to the curriculum at your school. You are preparing a presentation to deliver to the school board for your district. You want to convince them to change the way they teach thinking and to specifically address the explicit teaching of critical thinking in the elementary school setting.

Research this topic online and in the University Library.

Locate at least three articles on this topic, in addition to the Elder article.

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that includes the following:

• Is this topic a problem or an issue? How would you express it? • What methods could you use to produce ideas to resolve this problem or issue? • What habits and perceptual blocks that hinder your thinking did you have to overcome with this topic? • How did you detect bias in your research? • What types of questions should you ask to think about this topic critically? • How did you evaluate arguments in your research? • What assumptions or errors in reasoning did you encounter? • Which techniques should you use to present your ideas and to persuade your audience effectively? • Which approaches should you use to communicate your ideas effectively, both written and in