Third in a three-part series. This workshop is aimed at students studying at 2nd, 3rd or postgraduate level. Communicating critical thinking depends on developing convincing arguments for your audience. We learn how to dissect and map an argument identifying all of the key elements. By understanding how arguments are constructed you’ll be able to improve your own writing skills and build better and more logical patterns of thinking. We’ll look at visually mapping an argument to see how the critical thought process has been constructed. We’ll then consider how you can use this to improve your own writing.
Useful book: Critical thinking for students Roy van den Brick-Budgen
ISBN: 9781845283865 or 9781857036343
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeBfHQ88pzc
https://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/1401/academic_skills/105/critical_thinking/5
https://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/being-critical/
https://helpfulprofessor.com/straw-man-fallacy-examples/
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa49f
PROMPT,: Provenance, Relevance, Objectivity, Method, Presentation, Timeliness
https://www.open.ac.uk/library/help-and-support/advanced-evaluation-using-prompt
TRAAP: Timeliness, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose
https://uws-uk.libguides.com/evaluating_sources/craap_test
PEEL Point, Evidence, Explain, Link,
https://www.learninghub.ac.nz/writing/writing-paragraphs/
Academic writing https://help.open.ac.uk/academic-writing-style
Critical reading https://help.open.ac.uk/critical-reading-techniques
Faster reading
https://learn1.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=8434
Understanding the question
https://help.open.ac.uk/understanding-the-question
Preparing assignments
https://help.open.ac.uk/preparing-assignments
Using Prompt
https://www.open.ac.uk/library/help-and-support/advanced-evaluation-using-prompt
Straw man fallacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfil34ayaEU
Evaluation flowchart paper https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa49f
https://helpfulprofessor.com/straw-man-fallacy-examples/
https://help.open.ac.uk/browse/study-skills
Referencing your sources https://www.open.ac.uk/libraryservices/beingdigital/pathways/13/15
Quick guide to Harvard / cite them right https://www.open.ac.uk/library/help-and-support/quick-guide-to-harvard-referencing-cite-them-right
There is a library training session on the "why and how of referencing" and you can find out about it here:https://www.open.ac.uk/library/training-and-events/the-why-and-how-of-referencing