Restate #7 and you'll come up with a pertinent graphic. For instance, using
support or prove instead of the negative allows for many different visual
interpretations.
Also, how are # 3 and # 8 different? Your illustration should evolve from that
question.
Please share your final product!
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Peterson
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:37 PM
Subject: [tips] critical thinking images?
Tipsters: I introduce and develop exercises in my class to teach critical
thinking. I begin by having students learn some basic guidelines. I am trying
to develop graphic images that can be associated with the guidelines, but my
creative imagination seems to be rather flat. So I thought that creative
tipsters might be able to help. I have developed some graphic images for six
of the guidelines, but am stumbling on the other two. At the same time, you
may have better ideas for any of the guidelines. I appreciate any help you can
muster! Gary
1. Ask questions--a student at a desk with hand raised.
2. Define terms--a dictionary
3. Examine the evidence--a detective's magnifying glass
4. Tolerate uncertainty--a cartoon face with a big question mark
5. Avoid emotional reasoning--a monkey with a briefcase and the phrase "no
monkey business"? Well... I did think of some caricature of a politician, but
thought this would not register with my students.
6. Examine different viewpoints--a picture of the fabled elephant felt up
by the blind men
7. Don't over-simplify--????
8. Examine assumptions and biases????
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI 48710
989-964-4491
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