Reading 290: Outline of Assignments

SCHOOL OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON

TENTATIVE OUTLINE OF ASSIGNMENTS & COURSE CALENDAR
READ 290: CRITICAL READING AS CRITICAL THINKING
SPRING 1999

Instructor: JoAnne Greenbaum

The following tentative outline is designed to give you an idea of the scope and pace of this course. Some of the assignments may be changed or rearranged as the semester continues. It is your responsibility to know what assignments we are working on and to have them completed at the beginning of class on the specified date. E-mail Journal assignments are not listed on any specific date. The first e-mail assignment will be completed in class. The subsequent four assignments are due one each month (Feb., March, April, May). You may send them to my e-mail address anytime during the month.

ARQ refers to the Brown & Keely book, Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking.

Date		Topic		Assignment Due
Week 1 2/2 - 2/4 Week 2 2/9 - 2/11 Week 3 2/16-2/18 Week 4 2/23-2/25 Week 5 3/2 - 3/4 Week 6 3/9 - 3/11 Week 7 3/16-3/18 Week 8 3/23-3/25 3/30-4/1 Week 9 4/6 - 4/8 Week 10 4/13-4/15 Week 11 4/20-4/22 Week 12 4/27-4/29 Week 13 5/4-5/6 Week 14 5/11-5/13 Week 15 5/18-5/20		Introduction to Critical Reading/Thinking Course Requirements/Overview Levels of Thinking/Reading Development Web Page Overview Critical Thinking Skills and Dispositions Group Project #1 (due 2/25) Related C.T. Web Sites / E-Mail Role of Adult Development Group Project #1 (Workshop) Inspirations - Definition of C.T. Issue, Conclusion, Reasons Group Project #1 (Workshop) Group Presentations Paper #1 A Critical Thinker (due 3/25) Ambiguity, Value Conflicts Inspirations - Paper #1 Outlines Obstacles to Critical Thinking Group Project #2 (due 4/6) Descriptive Assumptions Group Project #2 Workshop Concept Quiz #1 (ARQ Ch.1-6) Application Exercises Midterm SPRING BREAK Group Presentations Problem Solving Model/Identifying Paper #2 Research (due 5/4) Fallacies/Evidence/Rival Causes Paper #2 Workshop /Framing Problem Statistics/Omitted Information Paper #2 Workshop /Resolving Problem Multiple Conclusions Paper #2 Workshop /Re-addressing Problem Concept Quiz #2(ARQ Ch.7-13) Application Course Evaluations Final Review Editorial Review		Purchase books and required material ARQ Ch.1 Short Story ARQ-Ch.2-3 Primis Article ARQ-Ch.4-5 Primis Article Paper #1 Outline ARQ-Ch.6 Paper #1 First Draft Paper #1 Final Draft Primis Article ARQ Ch.7-8 Paper #2 References ARQ-Ch.9-10 Primis Article Paper #2 Outline ARQ-Ch.11-12 Primis Article Paper #2 First Draft ARQ-Ch.13-14 Paper #2 Final Draft Review Editorials Review Editorials

Due Dates

Assignments
Group Presentation #1……… 2/25
Paper #1……………………. 3/25
Group Presentation #2……… 4/6
Paper #2…………………….. 5/4
E-Mail Journal……...One entry each month (Feb., March, April, May)

Tests
Concept Quiz #1……………. 3/18
Midterm…………………….. 3/25
Concept Quiz #2……………. 5/4
Final ……………………….. 5/25