At 02:39 AM -0400 5/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>How can we teach critical thinking without offering different views to
>consider? And, the exercise loses its meaning if we are intent on telling the
>student there can be only one right answer, which he has to get from the
>instructor.
>
Evolution science is hardly a monolithic singularity. There's lots of debate
and disagreement, and lots of scope to teach critical thinking.
Besides, there are actual facts in nature--however contestable they may be.
There's a reason why "what" questions are distinct from "how" and "why"
questions.
Cheers,
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Ashwani
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