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DOMINICAN DREAM SCHOOL
2011-11-17 17:56:00 The Dominican Republic Education And Mentoring Project (DREAM Project) is a 501(c)3 based in Caberete, Puerto Plata that dedicates its mission to the impoverished children of the Caribbean island. Together with a team of teachers, trainers, and volunteers, the unique school is dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty by offering its students quality, early and continuing education. This regiment is comprised of an inclusive and sustainable curriculum that promotes critical thinking that is fostered by individual support. República salutes!
Carnivalia ? 9/02 ? 9/08
2009-09-09 15:04:00 The last week's selection of science-related blog carnival goodness...
Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis?
2009-02-09 03:14:00 Patricia GreenfieldStudies shed light on multi-tasking, video games and learningAs technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Children's Digital Media Center, Los Angeles.Learners have changed as a result of their exposure to technology, says Greenfield, who analyzed more than 50 studies on learning and technology, including research on multi-tasking and the use of computers, the Internet and video games. Her research was published this month in the journal Science.Reading for pleasure, which has declined among young people in recent decades, enhances thinking and engages the imagination in a way that visual media such as video games and television do not, Greenfield said.How much should schools use new media, versus older techniques such as reading and classroom discuss...
Critical Thinking ? ?Knowin? things that ain?t so?
2009-01-15 13:19:00 I just finished reading Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller a professor of physics. He brings up a very good point: Equally important to understanding the physics of modern life is unlearning the things that you may think are true but aren?t. Mark Twain is often quoted as ...
On Critical Thinking
2008-07-25 16:05:00 "A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking."- Arthur BlochSee the rest at www.AnAmericanFrontPorch.com
Religion ? helping to repress critical-thinking skills for 10,000 years
2008-05-31 00:00:00 Hanna Arendt wrote that the basic prerequisite for becoming a desk murderer ? someone who with genuine dispassion organizes and authorizes murder, torture, and other inhumanities on a mass scale ? is not a cruel nature or even stupidity but...
Carnivalia ? 5/21 - 5/27
2008-05-28 14:19:00 There's plenty of good reading in last week's (mostly) science-related blog carnivals... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Carnivalia — 5/21 - 5/27", url: "http://sortingoutscience.net/2-008/05/28/carnivalia_--_521_-_5-27/" });
Shitty Critical Thinking
2008-05-21 04:16:00 *Appears out of no where* I’ve never actually got the chance to use this, and probably never will. I should teach the younger generation. XD I think I’m one of those guinea pigs who faired pretty well being ’spoon fed’ throughout my school life. I may complain at times and even wished our schools were like those ...
By: Wusws Here...
Casey?s Critical Thinking has moved!
2008-05-02 05:33:00 Well, I’m now at a new domain. It’s been a long time coming. For the longest time I have wanted to register cct.com, cct.net, cct.info or something like that, but those domains are reserved for at least the next decade or so. I thought about caseyscriticalthinking.com, but that’s too long. So then it occurred to ...
Carnivalia 4/23 - 4/29
2008-04-30 14:37:00 The past week's selection of science-related blog carnivals... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Carnivalia 4/23 - 4/29", url: "http://sortingoutscience.net/2-008/04/30/carnivalia_423_-_429/-" });
How Not To Be Wrong About The Economy
2008-04-26 15:51:00 Being a media pundit is a job that involves an odd relationship with data, the truth and, of course, most experts' stock in trade: the future. In this world, it seems to me, being right is one thing and not being wrong is another.
By: Big Ideas
Carnivalia 4/9 - 4/15
2008-04-16 13:43:00 Another plethora of reading pleasure in the past week's "sciencey" blog carnivals... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Carnivalia 4/9 - 4/15", url: "http://sortingoutscience.net/2-008/04/16/carnivalia_49_-_415/"- });
?Send me your stereotypes?
2008-04-11 19:37:00 Another woman among the 100 most powerful women in the world is HM Queen Rania of Jordan (Number 80 on Forbes 100 Most powerful women of the world list and maybe not so significant but worth of mentioning - the third most beautiful woman in the world in the 2005 top ...
By: Islam for Women
Universial Soldier
2008-04-05 18:14:00 Today I would like to share with You one of my favorite?s music Buffy Sainte-Marie A native Canadian singer-song writer. Listen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VGWsGyNsw00 ?I wrote ?Universal Soldier? in the basement of The Purple Onion coffee house in Toronto in the early sixties. It?s about individual responsibility for war ...
By: Islam for Women
Carnivalia 3/26 - 4/1
2008-04-02 14:15:00 No fooling, there's plenty of good reading material in all of last week's (vaguely) "sciencey" blog carnivals... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Carnivalia 3/26 - 4/1", url: "http://sortingoutscience.net/2-008/04/02/carnivalia_326_-_41/"- });
Why Study Critical Thinking?
2008-03-29 10:57:00 Lprovidede can be so complex, so messy, that there are times when you metaphorically “fly by the stool of your pants” in much of what you do. But, can you form a mental picture o how things might be different if you took honest a few other moments than usual in which to consider and ...
By: Online Diploma
?One of the 100 most influential people in the world?
2008-03-22 19:50:00 Ayaan Hirsi Ali was named in 2005 by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. For some time now it has been in my mind that I should write about her, because she is spreading information as Islamic which actually is NOT and the readers of ...
By: Islam for Women
?Obama, Being Called a Muslim Is Not a Smear?
2008-03-19 18:34:00 What a strange header for an article by the well known Canadian writer Naomi Klein! The Nation: Obama, Being Called a Muslim Is Not a Smear, by Naomi Klein Hillary Clinton denied leaking the photo of Barack Obama wearing a turban, but her campaign manager says that even if she had, it would be no big ...
By: Islam for Women
Carnivalia 3/12 - 18
2008-03-19 13:21:00 As usual, the past week has resulted in plenty of blog carnival goodness.. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Carnivalia 3/12 - 18", url: "http://sortingoutscience.net/2-008/03/19/carnivalia_312_-_18/"- });
Critical thinking
2008-03-10 18:32:00 More about Critical thinking on WikipediaThought and Knowledge An Introduction to Critical Thinkingby Diane F. Halpern Download Critical Thinking Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Lifeby Richard W. Paul DownloadCritical Thinking Success by Lauren Starkey DownloadCritical Thinking A Concise Guideby Tracy Bowell DownloadAsking the Right Questions A Guide to Critical Thinking by Neil Browne Stuart Keeley DownloadCritical Thinking Skills Developing Effective Analysis and Argumentby Stella Cottrell DownloadHow to Think About Weird Things Critical Thinking for a New Ageby Theodore SchickDownload
Carnivalia
2008-03-05 13:29:00 The past week's crop of science-related blog carnival goodness... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Carnivalia", url: "http://sortingoutscience.net/2-008/03/05/carnivalia-22/" });
Three Little Truth Value Paradoxes
2008-03-02 16:40:00 The “truth value” of a proposition is just whether it’s true or not. The truth value of “2+2 is 4″ is true, and the truth value of “2+3 is 6″ is false. The truth value of “Hilary Clinton will be the 44th president of the United States” is currently unknown;
By: Big Ideas
Mueller-Lyer and Inconsistent Beliefs
2008-02-25 11:35:00 Regular readers may know that we enjoy optical illusions, and I think Roy Sorensen, whose Vagueness and Contradiction I’ve been enjoying lately, may have put his finger on why.
By: Big Ideas
Carnivalia
2008-02-20 15:12:00 As always, the past week has provided plenty of blog carnival goodness for your reading pleasure... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Carnivalia", url: "http://sortingoutscience.net/2-008/02/20/carnivalia-21/" });
Critical Thinking, Part 2
2008-02-14 00:00:00 Critical thinking is multi-layered, multi-dimensional. It is not simply considering more than one solution to a problem before making a decision. It is also looking at the problem through multiple lenses. What is our vision and mission? Which solution is...
Critical Thinking
2008-02-09 00:00:00 One of the key competencies required of business leaders is critical thinking. Everybody has it to some degree. Utilizing it to the right degree is very important in business success. Many entrepreneurs are solutions oriented. They see a problem. They...
Variants on the Wason Selection Task
2008-02-08 08:07:00 The Wason Selection Task is a fairly well-known puzzle that tests whether or not you have an intuitive grasp of the thing logicians call the material conditional. It turns out that most people who aren’t logicians don’t. Here it is, along with some (so far as I know) original variants.
By: Big Ideas
Heads up!
2008-01-28 15:06:00 I'm coming to the conclusion that there must be a law somewhere stating the following (or similar) thought: some form of "the sky is falling" must be in play in the media at all times... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Heads up!", url: "http://sortingoutscience.net/2-008/01/28/heads_up/" });
The Future of Ideas ? it?s free, presently!
2008-01-21 14:08:00 If you've never read Lawrence Lessig's great book "The Future of Ideas," you now have a cheap way to do it -- as a free download!...
When One Thing Is Less Identical Than The Rest
2008-01-13 22:37:00 Earlier today I pulled three socks out of my sock drawer. “They all look identical”, I thought, and was about to discard an arbitrary one when another thought crossed my mind. “No, wait, that one’s not as identical as the others”.
By: Big Ideas
Armchair Tourist ? #2, a quick tour of the Roswell UFO Museum
2008-01-08 14:02:00 I like to think of myself as an open-minded guy, so when the opportunity presented itself, I dropped in at the "International UFO Museum and Research Library" in Roswell, New Mexico...
How Much Do You Love Me?
2007-12-29 12:24:00 There are some questions that ask for a quantitative answer — an amount — even though no precise answer is possible even in principle. The question of the title invites responses such as “a lot”, “somewhat”, “hardly at all” and even “twice as much as my husband” (ahem).
By: Big Ideas
Carnivalia
2007-12-27 06:11:00 Holidays or not, the science blog carnivals just keep giving you good reading material...
Harriet Harman on Paying For It
2007-12-21 08:54:00 So, yesterday Labour MP Harriet Harman announced she’d like to make paying for sex a criminal act as a way to combat people trafficking. This is of course a fantastic idea.
By: Big Ideas
Leibniz?s Law in Max Black?s Two-Sphere Universe
2007-12-17 09:04:00 I came across the following quasi-logical puzzle the other day while looking for something else. It’s about identity and, specifically, the rule about the “identity of indiscernibles” known as Leibniz’s Law.
By: Big Ideas
Blogiversaries
2007-12-15 14:00:00 A couple of bloggers have recently celebrated the anniversaries / birthdays of their blogging, so I thought I'd bring them to your attention here...
Critical thinking community inquiry
2007-12-14 23:44:00 from Philosophy for kids Teaching children the art of collaborative philosophical inquiry brings them persistent, long-term cognitive benefits, according to psychologists in Scotland. For me the main issue here is to develop the facility of critical thinking within a community of inquiry. I think a great example of this is in the Tibetan tradition of debate. From ...
Carnivalia
2007-12-12 14:02:00 You've got another healthy selection of reading material with this week's blog carnivals...
Learning the Art of Critical Thinking
2007-11-29 04:52:00 There is nothing more practical than sound thinking. No matter what your circumstance or goals, no matter where you are, or what problems you face, you are better off if your thinking is skilled. As a manager, leader, employee, citizen, lover, friend, parent — in every realm and situation of your life — good thinking pays off. Poor thinking, in turn, inevitably causes problems, wastes time and energy, engenders frustration and pain. Critical thinking is the disciplined art of ensuring that you use the best thinking you are capable of in any set of circumstances. The general goal of thinking is to “figure out the lay of the land” in any situation we are in. We all have multiple choices to make. We need the best information to make the best choices. What is really going on in this or that situation? Are they trying to take advantage of me? Does so-and-so really care about me? Am I deceiving myself when I believe that . . .? What are the likely consequ...
By: Winning Shot
Googlediving, hybrid vehicles, and energy consumption
2007-11-28 03:56:00 A recent thread of discussion (namely, some comments on the hybrid cars podcast episode) brings me to remind you of the wisdom of cross-checking ostensibly "scientific" things you hear in conversation, or see mentioned in print or online somewhere. Fortunately, it's pretty easy these days to check things using the internet. When I run across something that seems to be questionable, I've gotten into the habit of doing a quick bit of checking things out with Google. I call this "googlediving" -- it's essentially the information equivalent of dumpster diving but doesn't leave you all smelly when you're done. Best of all, it usually takes just a few minutes to run a quick check. Let's look at the recent discussion as a good example....
Carnivalia, and a Call for Submissions
2007-11-22 04:49:00 This week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals: Accretionary Wedge #3 Carnivalesque XXXIII Carnival of Education Carnival of the Green #104 Change of Shift: Vol. 2, Number 11 Carnival of Space 29 The Four Stone Hearth #28 Friday Ark #165 Gene Genie #20 I and the Bird # 62 Oekologie #11 Skeptics’ Circle #74 Also, don’t forget that I’ll be hosting the 15th installment of the Philosphia Naturalis ...
Carnivalia, and a Call for Submissions
2007-11-22 00:49:00 This week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals: Accretionary Wedge #3 Carnivalesque XXXIII Carnival of Education Carnival of the Green #104 Change of Shift: Vol. 2, Number 11 Carnival of Space 29 The Four Stone Hearth #28 Friday Ark #165 Gene Genie #20 I and the Bird # 62 Oekologie #11 Skeptics’ Circle #74 Also, don’t forget that I’ll be hosting the 15th installment of the Philosphia Naturalis ...
Critical Thinking
2007-11-15 02:12:00 There are many things we take for granted without considering the implications of their assumptions. I enjoyed our En12 class today where the students examined certain items as a review of their critical thinking module last semester. Guess what? I even ended up learning from them. Good job, R49! I’m posting images of the ad, ... [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
So Aussie bees are off the hook, then?
2007-11-13 06:33:00 You might recall that back in September, I published a podcast episode on Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) -- a malady that has been wreaking some serious havoc on honeybee colonies in the U.S. and Europe. Well, there's some new news on this front, and it just means that things are getting more interesting...
Critical Thinking
2007-10-12 17:34:00 Having done a degree in the applied sciences and not the arts, I don?t exactly have a breadth of social science courses to compare with, but my observations in the classrooms here so far have been discouraging (at both the University and the Secondary levels). I am sitting in on a social development course ...
Concept Mapping To Develop Critical Thinking Skills
2007-10-09 16:44:00 Concept Mapping To Develop Critical Thinking Skills Slide Transcript Slide 2: C onc e pt m a pping a llows th e nurs e to work on ď‚® c ritic a l th inking s kills b y de te rm ining th e priority ne e ds of th e pa tie nt a nd th e re la tions h ip of th e da ta doc um e nte d on th e c onc e pt m a p. Slide 3: C onc e pt m a pping im prove s a nurs e 's a b ility ď‚® to org a niz e h is / e r
Oh, and two more blog carnivals have popped up?
2007-09-28 13:19:00 Yes, this comes right on the heels of another blog carnival post -- but you need to check these out: The Carnival of Space 22: The Art of Space is at the wanderingspace blog, while Conspiracy Factory (with tongue planted firmly in cheek) hosts the 70th Skeptics' Circle. Both have lots of good links for your reading enjoyment, including (ahem...) one I have a soft spot for....
Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care
2007-09-18 22:35:00 Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care, Single Volume (4th Edition) (MyNursingLab Series) by Priscilla LeMone and Karen Burke make interested readers will love this two-volume set because of its organization and clear presentation of patient care, with its consistent format and narrative text, boxes, tables, graphics, and photographs. With a focus on developing decision-making skills, the authors encourage readers to think critically, thoughtfully, and realistically through numerous case studies and examples.With pathophysiologies illustrated in 3-D and other exciting components, this edition has been completely updated to include diseases specific to bioterrorism, health promotion, and complementary therapies. The packaged set also includes a CD-ROM, for exciting interactive displays of key information in the books. Organized around diagnoses with interventions and rationales, topics include: medical-surgical nursing practice; nutritional-metabolic patterns; el...
Critical Thinking
2007-09-13 05:00:00 If an idea or establishment is fundamentally flawed, then it is dangerous to ask too many unfriendly questions. Tautological dogma can be discussed endlessly but broken by a certain path of questioning.Sometimes we get stuck in circles because we are unable to come up with the right questions. |
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