Critical thinking week 8 Assignment

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Week 8 Assignment: Journal

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Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Introduction
Remember – these journal questions require more thinking than writing. Think about exactly what
you are asked to do, and then write as economically as possible.

Instructions

Textbook: Chapter 16
Lesson

Critical Thinking

Heart of the Matter

Ethical Decision-Making

Looking Forward

Go back to your very first journal entry – review your definition of critical thinking. After
studying critical thinking for the past eight weeks, would you change your definition in
any way? If yes, how and why? If no – if it was perfect – what parts of the text were best
reflected in your definition?

Recall in your first journal entry that you discussed the authors’ statement that the
concepts in Chapters 12, 13 and 14 were “the heart of the matter.” After having studied
those chapters, answer again, with renewed understanding, the question posed there:
Why do you think the authors find these concepts important to critical thinking?

The lecture claims that an argument is no good unless it has a “strong and reasoned
ethical base.” Do you agree that ethics is an essential element of a good argument? If
yes, why? If no, why not?

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Journal Grading Rubric – 35 pts

Criteria Ratings Pts

5.0 pts

Writing Requirements (APA format)

Grading
This activity will be graded using the Journal Grading Rubric.

Course Outcomes (CO): 1, 3, 4, 6

Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Saturday

Do you believe that you now know everything you need to know about critical thinking –
or is learning to think critically a life-long task? Explain your answer.

Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page

Length 5.0 pts
Meets length requirement

0.0 pts
Does not meet length requirement

Content
Reflection

15.0 pts

Reflection
demonstrates
a high degree
of critical
thinking in
applying,
analyzing,
and
evaluating
key course
concepts and
theories from

12.75 pts
Reflection
demonstrates
some degree
of critical
thinking in
applying,
analyzing,
and/or
evaluating
key course
concepts and
theories from

11.25 pts
Reflection
demonstrates
limited
critical
thinking in
applying,
analyzing,
and/or
evaluating
key course
concepts and
theories from

9.0 pts
Reflection
lacks critical
thinking.
Superficial
connections
are made
with key
course
concepts
and course
materials,
activities,

0.0 pts
Little or
no
reflection;
copies or
repeats
text or
lecture.

Top

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15.0 pts

10.0 pts

readings,
lectures,
media,
discussions
activities,

and/or
assignments.

Insightful and
relevant
connections
made through
contextual
explanations,
inferences,
and
examples.

readings,
lectures,
media,
discussions
activities,
and/or
assignments.
Connections
made through
explanations,
inferences,
and/or
examples.

readings,
lectures,
media,
discussions,
activities,
and/or
assignments.
Minimal
connections
made through
explanations,
inferences,
and/or
examples.

and/or
assignments.

Personal
Growth

10.0 pts
Conveys
strong
evidence of
reflection on
own work
with a
personal
response to
the self-
assessment
questions
posed.
Demonstrates
significant
personal
growth and
awareness of
deeper
meaning
through
inferences
made,
examples,

8.5 pts
Conveys
evidence of
reflection on
own work
with a
personal
response to
the self-
assessment
questions
posed.
Demonstrates
satisfactory
personal
growth and
awareness
through some
inferences
made,
examples,
insights, and
challenges.
Some

7.5 pts
Conveys
limited
evidence of
reflection on
own work in
response to
the self-
assessment
questions
posed.
Demonstrates
less than
adequate
personal
growth and
awareness
through few
or simplistic
inferences
made,
examples,
insights,
and/or

6.0 pts
Conveys
inadequate
evidence of
reflection on
own work in
response to
the self-
assessment
questions
posed.
Personal
growth and
awareness
are not
evident
and/or
demonstrates
a neutral
experience
with
negligible
personal
impact.

0.0 pts
No
evidence
of
reflection.

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Total Points: 35.0

5.0 pts

well
developed
insights, and
substantial
depth in
perceptions
and
challenges.
Synthesizes
current
experience
into future
implications.

thought of
the future
implications
of current
experience.

challenges
that are not
well
developed.
Minimal
thought of
the future
implications
of current
experience.

Lacks
enough
inferences,
examples,
personal
insights and
challenges,
and/or future
implications
are
overlooked.

Writing
Quality

5.0 pts
Well written
and clearly
organized
using
standard
English,
characterized
by elements
of a strong
writing style
and basically
free from
grammar,
punctuation,
usage, and
spelling
errors.

4.25 pts
Above
average
writing style
and
logically
organized
using
standard
English with
minor errors
in grammar,
punctuation,
usage, and
spelling.

3.75 pts
Average
and/or
casual
writing style
that is
sometimes
unclear
and/or with
some errors
in grammar,
punctuation,
usage, and
spelling.

3.0 pts
Poor writing
style
lacking in
standard
English,
clarity,
language
used, and/or
frequent
errors in
grammar,
punctuation,
usage, and
spelling.
Needs work.

0.0 pts
Lacks
coherence;
errors in
grammar,
usage and
spelling
interfere with
readability
and
understanding
to significant
degree.

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