This is our catalog of courses. We will occasionally adjust the course listing to reflect the addition of new courses and the retirement of others.
Building and honing critical thinking gives your student the skills to succeed. This course combines the abstract and the concrete to train students with tools and methods to develop a habit in the context of their values. This allows them to step back, analyze a situation, and think logically. They will learn how to list reasons, analyze opposing viewpoints, and examine the evidence.
Total classes: 12
Prerequisite: None. However, students are highly encouraged to have completed Detecting Logical Fallacies, Parts One & Two prior to this course (also available through Unlimited Access).
Suggested grade level: One full semester Formal Logic
Suggested credit: One full semester Formal Logic
Description
Building and honing critical thinking gives your student the skills to succeed. This course combines the abstract and the concrete to train students with tools and methods to develop a habit in the context of their values. This allows them to step back, analyze a situation, and think logically. They will learn how to list reasons, analyze opposing viewpoints, and examine the evidence. By effectively and systematically completing Thinking Well: Conscientious Critical Thinking, Part One, your student will hone these vital critical thinking skills. Following this course, continue exploring this topic by signing up for Part Two in the spring semester.
Outline
Class 1: Introduction & Lesson 1
Class 2: Lessons 2 & 3
Class 3: Lessons 4 & 5
Class 4: Lessons 6 & 7
Class 5: Lessons 8 & 9
Class 6: Lesson 10 & Prep for Mid-Term
Class 7: Lessons 11 & 12
Class 8: Lessons 13 & 14
Class 9: Lessons 15 & 16
Class 10: Lessons 17 & 18
Class 11: Lessons 19 & 20
Class 12: Lesson 21 & Prep for Final Exam
Materials and Homework
Course Materials:
Book: The Thinking Toolbox (2005) ISBN-13: 978-0974531519 (https://amzn.to/3f2n3IN). Utilizing a used copy of THIS edition is fine and often more affordable (see BookFinder.com). Other editions will NOT work well with this course.
This course covers the first 21 Lessons from this book (Part Two will briefly review these Lessons and then cover the rest of the book).
Online: Quizlet.com (Free student accounts are available.)
Homework: Students will work on about two chapters per week. Parents should note that the answer key in the back of this book is for the student’s use to check themselves as practice for their weekly work. In addition to the Practice Questions with the book’s lessons, there are Quizlet Terms/Definitions and computer tests: 4 Quizzes, a Mid-Term, and a Final Exam.
