Remember that you now have a choice about your third individual assignment. You can do any one of the remaining topics. This is the individual challenge for Critical Thinking’ I hope you find that it is a helpful learning tool!
There are two options for this individual assignment; Practice 1 or Practice 2. Each option has four pages. These scanned pages are posted on Moodle together with the instructions. (I think you will find Practice 1 easier.)
Both options require you to review someone else’s argumentation. In both cases, you are required to identify actions or errors of critical thinking and make brief notes about it next to the text. Below is an example (the first sample comment is from Practice 1 and the second example is from Practice 2). So, all you have to do is identify the critical thinking action or error that the author used by typing the corresponding number from the table on the first page of each Practice text and then write a short comment about what the author did right or not so right. Type the number of the action/error right next to the text where the action/error occurred.
You can insert your answers in the PDF document by adding (virtual) sticky notes (available in PDF) to the document (remember to SAVE afterwards!), or you can use the PDF snapshot tool to take a picture of the text and insert it into your MS Word document with your comments in a column or textbox next to the text. Your comments must explain clearly that you understand why the indicated section in the text is an example of the identified critical thinking action/error. Remember that it is important that the action/error number is placed right next to the text that indicates the action or error. (There should be enough space to write your comment next to the number (don’t use letters smaller than 10pt font).
Sometimes, the actions/errors mentioned in the tables on Practice 1 (p.1) or Practice 2 (p. 1) could be unfamiliar to you. Often an English dictionary (or the Look up-tool in MS Word) would suffice to make the meaning clear. Otherwise, Wikipedia might give an answer (although I was not convinced that their explanation of tautology was immediately clear!).
