PHI103 Week 1 Assignment

PHI103 Week 1 Assignment

Ashford 2: – Week 1 – Assignment

Assignment

Paul and Elder Critical Thinking

Please read the instructions below for information on how to complete this assignment. 

For a list of resources that are specific to this assignment, please utilize the “Resources Tab” located below.

If you feel that you need help with any of the main topics for this week, please revisit the Practice Activities located in the Weekly Overview.


Using the web pages associated with the 
Foundation for Critical Thinking website,
choose one of the four topics below and respond to the aspects of the prompt in at least 400 words.

The essay must be 400 words in length, excluding title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style. If you would like to refer to APA samples and tutorials, review the 
APA Checklist within the Ashford Writing Center (
https://awc.ashford.edu/cd-apa-checklist.html) located in the Learning Resources tab in the left navigation bar. The only resources you will need to complete this assignment are the web pages of the critical thinking website that relate to your chosen topic. However, if you would like to include other sources, that is encouraged. Just be sure that you utilize the critical thinking web pages as your primary sources of information.

Choose one:

Inference and Assumption

Explain the difference between inference and assumption. Then, present four inferences you have made and connect those inferences to their underlying assumptions. Looking back, which of these were proper inferences, and which were improper inferences? Why?


Purpose, Point of View, and Decisions


Outline a problem that you currently face or have faced recently. Define the assumptions that you have about this issue. Explain your point of view, and outline the information that you have analyzed in relation to this problem. Finally, explain the implications that have arisen or will arise when you respond to this problem.    

Valuable Intellectual Traits    

Of the valuable intellectual traits listed in the online readings from this week, identify three of them that you believe you need to strengthen. Explain the traits, and then describe how you will attempt to implement actions in your life that will maximize those intellectual virtues.

Open-Minded Inquiry

Using the online reading “Open-minded Inquiry,” identify what you consider to be the three most important attributes that one must have as he or she approaches problems. Explain why you think these attributes are the three most important, and describe examples from your own life, or from the lives of those you know, in which people failed to display those attributes.

 

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Description:

Total Possible Score: 4.00

 

Addresses the Prompt

Total: 3.00

Distinguished – Accurately addresses all aspects of the prompt. The response is clear and comprehensive.

Proficient – Accurately addresses most aspects of the prompt. The response is clear and mostly comprehensive.

Basic – Somewhat accurately addresses most aspects of the prompt. The response lacks clarity and/or is not comprehensive.

Below Expectations – Addresses the prompt, but the response is unclear, inaccurate, and/or includes a minority of the prompt’s aspects.

Non-Performance – The response to the prompt is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

 

Written Communication: Control of Syntax and Mechanics

Total: 0.30

Distinguished – Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors, and is very easy to understand.

Proficient – Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors, and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic – Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors, which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations – Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors, which distract the reader.

Non-Performance – The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

 

Word Requirement

Total: 0.30

Distinguished – The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of words.

Proficient – The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of words.

Basic – The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of words.

Below Expectations – The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of words.

Non-Performance – The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

 

APA Formatting

Total: 0.20

Distinguished – Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.

Proficient – Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors.

Basic – Exhibits basic knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements.

Below Expectations – Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance – The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

 

Resource Requirement

Total: 0.20

Distinguished – Uses more than one scholarly source, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient – Uses one scholarly source to support ideas. The source is used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment and on the reference page.

Basic – Uses one scholarly source to somewhat support ideas. Citations may not be formatted correctly within the body of the assignment and/or on the reference page.

Below Expectations – Uses one source that provides little or no support for ideas. The source may not be scholarly, and citations are not formatted correctly within the body of the assignment and/or on the reference page.

Non-Performance – The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

 

 

 

2: – Week 1 – Assignment

Assignment

Paul and Elder Critical Thinking

Please read the instructions below for information on how to complete this assignment. 

For a list of resources that are specific to this assignment, please utilize the “Resources Tab” located below.

If you feel that you need help with any of the main topics for this week, please revisit the Practice Activities located in the Weekly Overview.


Resources


Required Resources

Websites

  1. Foundation for Critical Thinking. (2011). The critical thinking community. Retrieved from http://www.criticalthinking.org/
    • The resources from this website relate directly to numerous critical thinking skills that will aid students in argumentation, analysis of biases and prejudice, and thinking through multiple perspectives.

For this week, you will need to access the following pages from the above website:

  1. The Analysis & Assessment of Thinking
  2. Defining Critical Thinking
  3. How to Study and Learn (Part One)
  4. Distinguishing Between Inferences and Assumptions
  5. Open-minded Inquiry
  6. Universal Intellectual Standards


Recommended Resources

Multimedia

  1. Acrobat741. (2007, November 17). The matrix and the cave [Video file].  Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRNMZEDOBrM
    • This video relates The Matrix to Plato’s cave allegory. Students can utilize this resource to further examine the relationship between assumptions about reality and the actual truth of reality. Transcript
  2. Kemick, A. (2010, August 12). Stereotyping has lasting negative impact: Prejudice has lingering effects, study showsU.S. News and World Report. Retrieved from http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/08/12/stereotyping-has-lasting-negative-impact  
    • This article will introduce students to the relationship between stereotyping and the level of thought that goes on when such stereotyping occurs. Students will be able to question their own stereotypical thinking and analyze methods for eliminating these forms of thinking.
  3. Slinkycode. (2007, March 5). 12 angry men – This is how you deal with prejudice[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTDhgR3p12w
    • This video aligns with responses to prejudicial thinking and the elimination of such thinking. Transcript

 

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