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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"informal logic"”.
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Deliberation and Decision Making Online: Evaluating Platform Design
… support large scale deliberation. The fields of informal logic and collective intelligence have been influential on the developments of these platforms. But the platforms and the perspectives that influence them have been neglected by wider research into online deliberation. The thesis seeks to …
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Argument quality in Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting
… uses techniques and theory from argumentation, informal logic, and critical thinking to assess the quality of arguments presented by journalists in Pulitzer Prize-winning stories. Journalists strive to inform citizens about the way their world is, was, and will be. These claims about the world …
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Critical thinking in education: What can the matter be?
… presents expert commentary on this issue, where informal logic and philosophy are found to be the favored approaches to the teaching of critical thinking, followed by the interpretation and evaluation of the two major types of programs used to teach critical thinking skills; Lipman's Philosophy …
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A Survey of Teaching Strategies Used in California Community College Nursing Programs to Foster Critical Thinking
… higher-order thinking skills; (3) reasoning (or informal logic); (4) reflection, imagining alternatives, challenging beliefs, and creativity; and (5) thinking about thinking, interpreting meaning, and metacognition. Critical thinking teaching strategies used most often, and perceived as very …
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A logical analysis of selected texts in Nyanja
This study, A Logical Analysis of Selected Texts in Nyanja, applies logic to Nyanja as an African language. This is because most studies have concentrated on Western languages and only a few Asian languages. There is hardly any evidence of such studies on African languages, let alone Zambian …
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A logical analysis of selected texts in Nyanja
This study, A Logical Analysis of Selected Texts in Nyanja, appHes logic to Nyanja as an African language. This is because most studies have concentrated on Western languages and only a few Asian languages. There is hardly any evidence of such studies on African languages, let alone Zambian …
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A logical analysis of selected texts in Nyanja
This study, A Logical Analysis of Selected Texts in Nyanja, applies logic to Nyanja as an African language. This is because most studies have concentrated on Western languages and only a few Asian languages. There is hardly any evidence of such studies on African languages, let alone Zambian …
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A logical analysis of selected texts in Nyanja
This study, A Logical Analysis of Selected Texts in Nyanja, appHes logic to Nyanja as an African language. This is because most studies have concentrated on Western languages and only a few Asian languages. There is hardly any evidence of such studies on African languages, let alone Zambian …
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Reasoning and Religion: The Relevance of the Academic Study of Religion to Critical Thinking Pedagogy
In this thesis I inquire into method and theory debates within the academic study of religion, arguing for the potential of this broad field to enrich critical thinking pedagogy, especially with regard to worldviews and problems associated with the influences of worldviews on reasoning. I highlight …