1). What have you learned in this class over the course of the semester? Be specific.
To be honest, when I first enrolled into this class, I didn’t even know what I was going to be learning in this class. I had no idea what “Critical Thinking” entailed, but throughout the semester I was able to define some of the main concepts. The main concepts learned in this class to me were claims and arguments. After learning the general concepts of what claims and arguments were, I was able to decipher if the argument or claim was not strong, too vague or even to believe if their argument was a reliable source. I think my favorite thing that I learned in this class was learning about apple-polishing or any of the posts where we were able to describe the fallacies of advertisements. Being able to connect what we blog about to what we see in the everyday world actually made me feel that I really understood the concept. Instead of making up my own examples, I was able to look onto the web and find ads that would pop up and use what I learned about appeal to emotion or apple-polishing to judge the ad. Overall, I learned a lot more about what I felt that I already knew about critical thinking.
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ReplyDeleteI really like your blog this week! When I joined this class I also had no idea what critical thinking was and what we were going to learn or do in this class. Being my first online class, I found it be an overall success and helpful. Learning about claims and arguments was a huge part of this class! Learning to determine the status of an argument or claim, whether valid, strong, and or an overall reliable, really helped me not only in this class but with other classes as well. I also agree that being able to connect each concept with our daily lives really helped all the information sink in!
Anyways, happy holidays! :)