Essay 4 - Critical Thinking in the World
- Due No Due Date
- Points 25
- Submitting a file upload
Instructions:
- Write a 500-1000 word essay (2-4 pages double-spaced) on how critical thinking affects your life.
- Refer to the lecture and reading on fallacious thinking. Analyze how fallacious thinking and other distortions of mind affect you as a student.
- Include insights from reading, lecture, and in-class inventories.
- Include ideas about goals you have to improve your critical and creative thinking habits.
- Upload your essay as a doc file by the deadline.
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CLARITY - Writing should be clear.
Remember to use proper punctuation, spelling and grammar. No text messaging symbols should be used to communicate in formal writing. Don't just rely on the computer spell checker, proof-read your assignment before you turn it in. If you get a low score in this area, it is because there are too many areas and/or your writing isn't clear.
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ACCURACY - Writing should be accurate.
Have you accurately answered the questions being asked? Did you follow the format that was asked of you? If you needed to include citations and sources, did you include these citations? If you get a low score in this area, then you need to look at the following directions and/or the format of your homework.
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RELEVANCY - Writing should be relevant.
Have you addressed appropriate topics in your reflections? Is your analysis and evaluation important? Have you gone off topic or not mentioned important information? If you receive a low score on this scale then you need to improve the quality of your answers.
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SUFFICIENCY - Writing should be sufficient.
Is your analysis and evaluation thorough and detailed? This is all about how in depth you have gone into your writing. If you score is low on this scale that means you are giving superficial answers OR you are not answering all the questions fully. Strive to make your responses detailed, concrete and to the point.
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LOGIC - Writing should be logical and flow.
Is your writing telling a story? In your writing you are striving to communicate your ideas and connect sentences to each other within paragraphs. Even in short writing assignments, it is essential that your writing flows from one sentence to another. If you have a low score in this area, then you need to improve the transitions between sentences and paragraphs.
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