You can register for this class at the form listed below.
Class Details
Time:
9:00-10:00am
9:00-10:00am
Grade:
High School
High School
Price:
$80
$80
Max Class Size:
20
20
Family Discount is available
Course Description
This course lays a strong foundation in the important cognitive skills necessary for critical thinking, such as comprehension, analysis, evaluation, construction, creativity, and communication. Through fun and concrete activities–including Thought Experiments, Student Polls, Practice Sessions, Games and Puzzles, Predictions, and Important Takeaways–students explore topics essential to critical thinking, gaining tools that will help them apply critical thinking directly to their own lives. Additional individual and group activities are included to reinforce student learning as they explore topics such as:
– The Basics of Critical Thinking
– Obstacles to Critical Thinking
– Evaluating Evidence
– Creative Problem-Solving
– Ambiguity, Vagueness, and Doublespeak
– Arguments
– Informal Fallacies
– Advertising
– Eyewitness Testimony, Direct & Circumstantial Evidence
This course will use “Practical Critical Thinking” as the primary curriculum along with additional resources. No textbook required.
If you would like your student to take this class, please complete the form below and submit to the tutor. You will receive a confirmation email with the information for a $20 nonrefundable deposit to secure your spot in class. You are not registered until your deposit is submitted.
