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Teaching Tips for Critical Thinking

In light of current events, I’d like to share a selection of my blogs on critical thinking with K-12 educators some of which could also be used with college freshmen. Ideas for Teaching Problem-solving, Critical Thinking, and Reasoning: If I were to teach problem solving, critical thinking, and reasoning, I’d embed it into the content already being taught (e.g., math or

Navigating Post-Truth Societies: Strategies, Resources, and Technologies

The blog was originally posted on the AACE Review by Sandra Rogers. The Problem While fake news and information bubbles are not new, awareness of their impact on public opinion has increased. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) (2016) reported on a study that found secondary and postsecondary students could not distinguish between real and sponsored content in Internet searches. This became apparent

Interview with the Creators of Hoaxy® from Indiana University

This post was previously published on the AACE Review by Sandra Rogers. Figure 1. A Hoaxy® diffusion network regarding claims about the HPV vaccine. Falsehoods are spread due to biases in the brain, society, and computer algorithms (Ciampaglia & Menczer, 2018). A combined problem is “information overload and limited attention contribute to a degradation of the market’s discriminative power” (Qiu,

An Observer’s Notes on the Socratic Method in Action

Here are my notes from the dialectic dialogue of the Socratic Seminar: An International Forum on Socratic Teaching held at the Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) conference in Jacksonville, Florida in 2017.  I attended to learn more about the #Socratic method in general but also to learn how to apply it to the academic task of advising doctoral students’ dissertation writing.

What I’m doing to help combat disinformation online

I’ve spent a lot of time in the past two years reading and figuring out how to use technology and critical thinking to identify false information. I realized that I hadn’t posted anything on my personal blog about it. Instead, I’ve blogged about it on the academic site, the AACE Review. In Navigating Post-Truth Societies, I provided useful strategies, resources,

Interrelated Processes: Problem-solving, Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking

In order to solve problems effectively and efficiently, you need to use creative thinking and critical thinking. Jonassen (2000) created a typology for solving problems. He identified 11 types of problems: logical problems, algorithms, story problems, rule using problems, decision-making, troubleshooting, diagnoses solution, strategic performance, case analysis, designs, and dilemmas. He described each type of problem’s resolution process. For example,

Why I Think Non-violent Video Games Are a Valuable Learning Environment

Gee’s (2007) description of semiotic domains reminds me of what my language peers refer to as multiple literacies; that’s the literacy required to perform a task beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic. Semiotic domain refers to the ability to detect the signs, symbols, merit, value, and language of a particular activity in order to function properly within it. For example, children

WebQuest for Creating Critical Thinking Job Aids

I created my first academic Webquest to search for the critical thinking processes particular to a student’s field of study. For example, I give them key words to use like “thinking frames” + “critical thinking” + “reading” + “medicine”.  Once they find 10 different resources, they’re to place at least six key elements into a job aid to help them

Scoop.IT! The Critical Reader

One of my assignments this week is to create a e-magazine with Scoop.IT!  This social media application allows you to “scoop” interesting information all over the Web and add it to your e-magazine.  Mine is called The Critical Reader.  It’s geared toward first year college students.  I can only post 10 items a day; so on Day 1, I only