RE: [tips] teaching critical thinking to adolescents

2009-01-02 Thread Jim Matiya
] teaching critical thinking to adolescents Jim Matiya might know...he has lots of resources for things like that. Are you there, Jim? Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire---To make changes to your subscription contact:Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make chang

Re: [tips] teaching critical thinking to adolescents

2009-01-02 Thread Beth Benoit
Jim Matiya might know...he has lots of resources for things like that. Are you there, Jim? Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Re: [tips] teaching critical thinking to adolescents

2009-01-02 Thread Jim Clark
Hi With respect to Skeptic, each issue includes a Junior Skeptic section at the end. The issue I am looking at now has short bios of great American skeptics (written largely by two Canadian brothers, of course): Ben Franklin, Houdini, Mark Twain, and Johnny Carson. The back cover states that

Re: [tips] teaching critical thinking to adolescents

2009-01-02 Thread Msylvester
Is anyone aware of teaching materials that would be useful to teach critical thinking to children of high school or even middle school age? Thanks, Paul Okami --- The Instructor's manual to the Wade &Tavris Psychogy 1st Edition had all types of exercises.It is probably out of pri

Re: [tips] teaching critical thinking to adolescents

2009-01-02 Thread Christopher D. Green
Paul Okami wrote: > > > Is anyone aware of teaching materials that would be useful to teach > critical thinking to children of high school or even middle school age? Fully developed frontal lobes. :-) Chirs -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Ca

Re: [tips] teaching critical thinking to adolescents

2009-01-02 Thread Jim Clark
Hi I don't usually look at it, but either Skeptic or Skeptical Inquirer (perhaps both?) have a kids section at the back of their magazine(s). Perhaps their websites would have ideas as well. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.c

[tips] teaching critical thinking to adolescents

2009-01-02 Thread Paul Okami
Is anyone aware of teaching materials that would be useful to teach critical thinking to children of high school or even middle school age? Thanks, Paul Okami --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)

Conference on Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology

2005-06-30 Thread Bill Hill
es in Teaching Psychology" series. Following the successful Assessment (2002), Teaching Introductory Psychology (2003), and Teaching Statistics and Research Methods (2004) conferences, the 2005 conference will focus on innovative and effective strategies and techniques for teaching critical think

Teaching Critical Thinking

2004-10-21 Thread Jeff Ricker
Hi all, I very much enjoy reading the posts on Freud. I see Freud as a lightning rod for discussions that help to clearly distinguish different approaches to understanding human nature. I see him as a central figure in "academic" psychology, especially in the United States, because of the enorm