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Critical thinking (Advanced) - 9 Apr '24

Critical thinking (Advanced)

Study skills workshop

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Event date : 9th April 2024

Duration : 1h 00m

Recommended level : 23Post Graduate

Organised by : Student Hub Live

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Programme

11:00

Critical thinking (Advanced)

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.

With

Margaret Greenhall

Resources

Event slides (PDF)

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

Examples https://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/1401/academic_skills/105/critical_thinking/5

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

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