...Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks or their respective companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial standards and practices. Course Syllabus Course Title: GEN 480 Interdisciplinary Capstone Course BSBM.04-08.BSMB0533A Course Schedule: 04/08/08 to 05/12/08 Required Text: Paul, R., & Elder, L., (2002), Critical thinking: Tools for taking charge of your professional and personal life. Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice Hall. Paul, R., & Elder, L., (2003), The Miniature guide to understanding the foundations of ethical reasoning, The Foundation for Critical Thinking, Dillon Beach, CA. Ruggiero, V., (2004), Thinking critically about ethical issues 6th edition, Burr Ridge, IL, McGraw-Hill. Electronic Resources: Note: All required text materials can be found on the GEN/480 course page. The page can be accessed through the University of Phoenix Student and Faculty Website at...
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...MECN1001: Critical Thinking Component Science Fiction Course reader Semester 2, 2015 “If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.” – Ursula Le Guin Lecturer and course co-ordinator: Ms Linda Mabin Linda.Mabin@wits.ac.za CM, 3rd Floor, East Wing, ADU (011) 717-7064 MECN1001: Critical Thinking Course Outline Science Fiction is a genre that is growing in currency around the world as a literature of cognitive estrangement, and one that has immense universal value because of this. To distance oneself from the ascendant structures of power is to perceive the world anew, filled with potential for change. For this reason, Science Fiction is a literature of immense value for a country such as South Africa. Approaching the challenges of a nation such as this requires an imagination trained to be meticulous in its logic, but unrestrained by the restrictions of present reality. Each tutorial activity is crafted to correlate with the concerns of the lecture material. Tutorials transpose the fundamental concerns dealt with in the subject matter of the lectures and ‘activate’ these ideas by having students demonstrate their knowledge not just in the form of individual written exercises, but through the vitally necessary process of engaging their tutors and peers in structured discussion. It is thus clear that the success of a tutorial is dependent on student participation, and as clear that the success of a tutorial depends on students being intrigued...
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...HUM 115 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com HUM 115 Entire Course HUM 115 Week 1 Individual Assignment Stages of Critical Thinking HUM 115 Week 2 Individual Assignment Barriers to Critical Thinking HUM 115 Week 3 Individual Assignment Points of View HUM 115 Week 4 Individual Assignment Problem Solving HUM 115 Week 5 Individual Assignment Critical Thinking Reflection ------------------------------------------------------------------ HUM 115 Week 1 Individual Assignment Stages of Critical Thinking For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Complete the Template and grading matrix to the right. Before submitting use the grading matrix as a checklist to assure you did not miss any details. ------------------------------------------------------------------ HUM 115 Week 2 Individual Assignment Barriers to Critical Thinking For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Identify three barriers that influence your thinking and write at least 100 words for each, describing how you can overcome them. USE THE GRADING MATRIX TO THE RIGHT AS A CHECKLIST BEFORE SUBMITTING. ------------------------------------------------------------------ HUM 115 Week 3 Individual Assignment Points of View For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Write a 300- to 350- word response to the following-SEE PRESENTATION ON RIGHT FOR VISUAL AND AUDITORY INSTRUCTIONS. • Identify an opinion you possess on a specific...
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...information technology changed investing Information technology has been the biggest breakthrough in investments it has opened a whole new world for investors. This world has opened up the stock exchange to become open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and 365 day a year and investors can have access to it at any place in the world via computer or smart phone Apps. As you are reading this, technology is being used for stock trading, 401k and on-line banking between buyers and sellers. Current technology has now made it easier to take risk because most programs now calculate the risk and size factors to give investors a little advantage within the market to help them get their fair share of the financial market. The new technology displays the future of investing and how technology is...
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...learned how to manage my time and decrease my stress. I learned how to use critical thinking to solve problems effectively. I have also learned ways to improve my writing skills. These are just some example of the skills that I was taught, but I learned much more. This class was just a step on my journey to receive a higher education. A higher education will help me make a better future for my family and provide me with the training to be successful. It also helps to expand my mind and better myself confidence. Time & Stress Management Since starting my online classes I have realized the importance of using my time wisely. Through class discussion I have seen how other students have some of the same problems I have come across while dealing with a busy schedule and trying to balance school at the same time. These class discussions have brought up many ideas that will help me manage my time and in doing this I am managing my stress too. I have learned not to wait to the last minute to start my assignments. Doing this allows me time to review my work and correct what I might have overlooked. I can use this skill professionally as well. If I do not wait to complete my duties until the last minute then I will allow myself time in case something unexpected happens. I would be able to deal with the unexpected event and fulfill my original duties. I have also learned how to prioritize my assignments so that I can...
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...How to Produce Critical Thinkers Esther Taylor 21 March 2015 Tanya Croft—FDENG 101 How to Produce Critical Thinkers The world is evolving. Every day new technology, apps, ideas are developing and the world is moving at a faster speed than ever before. With all this commotion it’s easy for educators to feel as though learning should be rushed along with the speed of society. However learning is a key in the evolution of the world, without continuing knowledge our ideas and developing technologies would come to a halt. Learning is essential to productivity and even more essential to learning is thinking, “the need for the ability to rationalize argument, and synthesizing new information into a cogent, reflective and logical action is surely at a paramount”(Ben Morse, 2012 p.1). Through our critical thinking we are expanding our knowledge and therefore making it possible for us to surpass our current limitations and continue to create. We need to further implement techniques and processes that will help children develop critical thinking skills at a young age so that they will be able to keep up with the fast pace at which our world is moving. Thinking is necessary, but critical thinking is a skill. “Critical thinking is thinking that assesses itself” (Center for Critical Thinking, 1996b). It is questioning every aspect of a subject until one can fully understand it’s what, how, and why. This is a skill that will help students not just in the classroom, but in every endeavor...
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...Ethics Awareness Inventory.doc GEN-480 WEEK 2 DQS.doc GEN-480 Week 2 Individual Assignment Professional Workplace Dilemma Paper.doc GEN-480 Week 2 LTA Skills Assessment Paper Matrix.doc GEN-480 WEEK 3 DQS.doc GEN-480 Week 3 Individual Assignment Critical Thinking Case Study Acuscan Executive Summary.doc GEN-480 Week 3 Individual Assignment Critical Thinking Case Study.doc GEN-480 Week 3 LTA Business Specialties.doc GEN-480 WEEK 4 DQS.doc GEN-480 Week 4 Individual Assignment Past Present Future Presentation.ppt GEN-480 Week 4 LTA Role Responsibilities Identification.doc GEN-480 WEEK 5 DQS.doc GEN-480 Week 5 LTA Consulting Presentation.ppt GEN-480 Week 5 LTA Consulting.doc Business - General Business GEN 480 Week 1 Individual Assignment Ethics Awareness Inventory Analysis GEN 480 Week 2 Individual Assignment Professional Workplace Dilemma Paper GEN 480 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Skills Assessment Paper and Matrix GEN 480 Week 3 Individual Assignment Critical Thinking Case Study GEN 480 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Analysis of Business Specialties GEN 480 Week 4 Individual Assignment Past, Present, and Future Paper GEN 480 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Role Identification GEN 480 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Consultant Scenario Paper and Presentation Keep a few things in your room or apartment that...
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...Ethics Awareness Inventory.doc GEN-480 WEEK 2 DQS.doc GEN-480 Week 2 Individual Assignment Professional Workplace Dilemma Paper.doc GEN-480 Week 2 LTA Skills Assessment Paper Matrix.doc GEN-480 WEEK 3 DQS.doc GEN-480 Week 3 Individual Assignment Critical Thinking Case Study Acuscan Executive Summary.doc GEN-480 Week 3 Individual Assignment Critical Thinking Case Study.doc GEN-480 Week 3 LTA Business Specialties.doc GEN-480 WEEK 4 DQS.doc GEN-480 Week 4 Individual Assignment Past Present Future Presentation.ppt GEN-480 Week 4 LTA Role Responsibilities Identification.doc GEN-480 WEEK 5 DQS.doc GEN-480 Week 5 LTA Consulting Presentation.ppt GEN-480 Week 5 LTA Consulting.doc Business - General Business GEN 480 Week 1 Individual Assignment Ethics Awareness Inventory Analysis GEN 480 Week 2 Individual Assignment Professional Workplace Dilemma Paper GEN 480 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Skills Assessment Paper and Matrix GEN 480 Week 3 Individual Assignment Critical Thinking Case Study GEN 480 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Analysis of Business Specialties GEN 480 Week 4 Individual Assignment Past, Present, and Future Paper GEN 480 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Role Identification GEN 480 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Consultant Scenario Paper and Presentation Keep a few things in your room or apartment that...
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...class has improved my performance in writing in many ways. Through class assignments to in class discussions, it has continually improved my thinking skills. This class taught me how to select appropriate sources for college research; it has improved my skills as a critical thinker and writers and brought to light skills that I still need to work on. This class has taught me how to use and find appropriate and varied sources for a college research. I never knew that there were sites that could help me with finding trustworthy sources for my assignments. Using the student library at TCC, I am able to use EBSCOhost, Gale, Arman, and many more to meet the criteria of my essay while using credible sources. Mrs. Mustapha also taught me how to quote and propyl cites and insert these sources so they can flow smoothly with the other sentences....
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...Smarthinking's Tutor Response Form (Your marked-up essay is below this form.) HOW THIS WORKS: Your tutor has written overview comments about your essay in the form below. Your tutor has also embedded comments [in bold and in brackets] throughout your essay. Thank you for choosing Smarthinking's OWL; best wishes with revising your paper! Hi Denise! My name is Keren H., and I will be reviewing your submission today. Thank you for an interesting piece of research on Background Checks. In today’s review, we will revise sentence structure, word choice, and documentation. Strengths of the essay: Denise, “References” is the correct name for the heading of your page of sources. Good job! Sentence Structure: One or two of your sentences are “run-ons”. This means that two ideas “run on” into each other with no punctuation or links to separate them. Let’s see an example, and discuss how to correct the run-on: A background check is a must in today’s business world. You never know what you may find on the applicant. What two ideas do you see here? “A background check is a must in today’s business world” is one; the rest makes up another idea. The easiest way to separate two ideas (two main clauses) is to put each in a sentence of its own. What punctuation (such as a capital letter and period) will you add, so that you have TWO sentences instead of the run-on? Visit Run-ons and Comma Splices to find more ways to revise run-ons. Word Choice: Denise, I notice that you use...
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...Course Schedule Course Schedule of Assignments Overview Session | Topic | Assignments | 1 | The Manager as a Systems Thinker | Discussion Activity 1 | 2 | The Manager as a Critical Thinker | Individual Paper 1 | 3 | Legal and Ethical Environment of Business: The Manager as an Ethical Decision Maker | Discussion Activity 2 | 3 | Team Work Plan | Team assignment | 4 | Organization Theory and Design | Discussion Activity 3 | 5 | Organization Theory and Design in the Global Environment | Team Project 1Individual Matching Exercise | 6 | Legal Environment: Courts, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Agency | Discussion Activity 4 | 7 | Critical Thinking in the Legal Environment: Torts and Products Liability | Individual Paper 2 Discussion Activity 5 | 8 | Legal Environment: Contracts and Forms of Business Organizations | Discussion Activity 6 | 9 | Knowledge Integration | Take-home Final | 10 | Corporate Social Responsibility in a Global and Technological Environment | Team Project 2 | Assignment Details Session | Module/Topics Readings/Assignments | 1 | The Manager as a Systems ThinkerObjective 1: Apply models of critical thinking and systems thinking to address complex organizational issues.Objective 2: Reflect on seminar assignments and relate the skills and knowledge gained to personal and professional goalsCompetency : Systems Thinking | Read the following articles which you can find and download from the UMUC library...
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...EDUCATION Critical thinking and analysis: a model for written assignments Sharon L Edwards W hat is critical analysis? In the author’s personal experience this question has been answered by the following statement: ‘It is being critical of the literature.’ However, this does not answer the question. A literature search also failed to provide any information on critical analysis. The justification for developing a model for critical analysis, however, was not solely the lack of available literature. Other reasons included: to provide a definition of the terms; and to help both educationalists and students interpret the concepts involved. Nurse educationalists and nursing students lack a clear understanding of the critical processes and this could severely diminish the profession’s ability to articulate issues that are imperative to the advancement of nursing practice in the future. This article recommends a model of critical analysis that can be used by students and educationalists. It suggests that critical thinking and analysis are interrelated and complementary, but not synonymous. It gives examples of the model’s components in order to clarify their meaning. The model will hopefully give students a premise on which to base their assignments, and nurse educationalists will be able to incorporate it into their teaching practice. It will also provide an element of reality to critical analysis which will prevent it from becoming so abstract and idealistic as to render...
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...CRITICAL THINKING What do we mean by critical thinking? How does critical thinking differ between disciplines? How does critical thinking apply to academic reading? How does critical thinking apply to academic writing? How can I add quality to my writing? Critical thinking as a generic skill for life WHAT DO WE MEAN BY CRITICAL THINKING? When you are thinking critically, you are not just thinking passively and accepting everything you see and hear. You are thinking actively. You are asking questions about what you see and hear, evaluating, categorising, and finding relationships. Some critical thinking activities are listed below: SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN CRITICAL THINKING Interpreting according to a framework Relating theory to practice Making a claim and supporting it Using appropriate evidence Making links between ideas Asking questions Evaluating Predicting Describing Analysing Synthesising Categorising Establishing cause and effect Comparing and contrasting Identifying problems and solutions Critical thinking is the essence of tertiary learning. As a university student, you will be expected to apply mental actions such as these to all your academic reading, writing, listening and discussing. HOW DOES CRITICAL THINKING DIFFER BETWEEN DISCIPLINES? Different disciplines are characterised by particular approaches to critical thinking, and a lage part of studying those disciplines means learning to think...
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...use to aid in learning that we have developed though everyday life. There are methods to learning that if used correctly can greatly increase the chances for success such as making future goals. The ability to think critically is essential to becoming a good student. By having good critical thinking skills you will produce great schoolwork and make better choices. The University of Phoenix has a vast amount of resources to aid in student learning. There are strategies to learning and tools to be explored at the university library and writing center. While everyone has different learning styles, establishing educational goals, exploring university resources, employing academic integrity, and developing excellent critical thinking skills leads to academic success. In order to be successful educational goals must be established. Koch and Nafziger (2011) believed that goals affect people’s perceptions of the future. Having goals keeps you on track and makes it clear what it takes to achieve them. According to Koch and Nafziger (2011), “We show that setting a challenging goal for future performance makes future selves strive harder: they become motivated by the fear of falling short of the goal. An increase in the goal level set today allows an individual to raise his motivation to work hard in the future.” (p. 213). My long-term goals are to get a masters degree in information technology and...
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...University of Phoenix Material Critical Thinking Worksheet Chose one of the following scenarios: • You are a member of a group working on a class project. The group members are enthusiastic about the project and arrange a meeting time to begin planning. You forget to mark your calendar and miss the meeting. The group posts a summary of the meeting with assignments and deadlines for the project. You apologize to the group and agree to complete the topic research for the project. You realize you have a paper due in another course on the same day that your research is due, and you concentrate most of your time on your individual assignment. The paper takes longer than you thought, and you are unable to conduct research for the group project by the deadline. You feel bad about this and do not respond to inquiries from group members. You post a message to the group explaining you are having computer problems. The group expresses their empathy and proceeds without you, completing and submitting the project with your name included. • A position opens in your department at work. You recommend to a coworker and friend in another department that she should apply. You previously consulted with this person on small projects, and she appears knowledgeable and responsible. In fact, you became friends through these work contacts. Your friend appreciates your recommendation and arranges a meeting to ask you more details about the work done by your department. The meeting is productive...
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