Critical thinking assignment
1. Identify an
important local, national or international problem that needs to be
solved. Locate two or more articles that provide background information
and analysis of the problem. Using these articles as a resource, analyze
the problem using the problem solving method developed in this chapter.
Read the selection Is
Google Making Us Stupid? Page 122-128. Answer the following
questions:
2. Have you noticed in
your own life that it's easier for you to move quickly around the web than to
spend concetrated time reading a book or lengthy article?concentrating on an
issue or problem for an extended period of time? describe your
experiences with both surfing the web and reading books and lengthy articles.
3. The author notes
that "The web has been a godsendto me as a writer. research
that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now
be done in minutes." dothepowerful advantages of using the Internet
necessarily mean that we have to sacrifice our ability to read deeply and think
reflectively.
4. The author
acknowledges that "the Net is becoming a universal medium, the conduit for
most of the information that flows through my eyes and ears and into my
mind" and that this puts him at risk for being a :mere decder of
information" rather than a deep thinker about information. Woul you
say that this also true for you? Explain.
5. Imagine that you
are the president of Tennessee State University and that you want students to
use the full power of the Internet in their education but you also wish
them to develop their abilities to think deeply, concentrate, and
contemplate. Analyze this problem and develop some practical solutions
for dealing with the challenge.
Reflection:
Think about people who you know whom you admiire as expert thinkers and list some of the qualities these people exhibit that you believe qualify them as "critical thinkers. For each critical thinking quality, write down an example involving the person.
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