PowerPoint Presentation/Critical Thinking
Select and describe an important problem faced by society today
(e.g., income inequality, gun violence, online privacy).
Once you ha
ve selected your problem, be prepared to address the following in your presentation:
1.
Provide your own analysis by asking
—
and answering
—
a relevant question from at least three domains of
thinking. Examples of these can be found on pages 139
–
140 of your
textbook.
2.
In your answers to the above questions, apply at least three intellectual standards, and explain why the standards
are important in this context (e.g., the elements of thought or reasoning that led you to this thinking). The eight
elements can be
found beginning on page 62 of your textbook.
3.
Explain why each question you have selected is either a question of fact, preference, or judgment. This
information can be located on pages 126
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127 of your textbook.
4.
Finally, in one paragraph, reflect on your a
nalysis of the problem that you selected, and describe how your
consideration of this problem demonstrates deep learning. This information can be located on pages 144
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145 of
your textbook.
To accomplish this, you must compose a 12 slide PowerPoint present
ation that meets the guidelines below. Your
PowerPoint slides should be arranged in the following manner:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Include the problem selected, and describe the problem.
Slides 3
–
6:
Provide your own analysis by asking
—
and answering
—
a
relevant question from at least three domains of
thinking.
Slides 7
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9: Include your three intellectual standards, and explain why the standards are important in this context.
Slides 10
–
11: Explain why each question is a question of fact, preference, or ju
dgment.
Slide 12: Conclusion slide will contain one paragraph that reflects on your analysis and describes your consideration and
learning of this problem.
Textbook: Critical Thinking Richard Paul Linda Elder Third Edition
