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Critical Thinking: A Necessary Skill in the Age of Spin

Center for Development and Learning Discussion of what Higher Order thinking is, what it looks like, how to develop the skills

"In Intelligence Reframed Howard Gardner contends that "literacies, skills, and disciplines ought to be pursued as tools that allow us to enhance our understanding of important questions, topics, and themes." Today's readers become literate by learning to read the words and symbols in today's world and its antecedents. They analyze, compare, evaluate and interpret multiple representations from a variety of disciplines and subjects, including texts, photographs, artwork, and data. They learn to choose and modify their own communication based on the rhetorical situation. Point of view is created by the reader, the audience and the medium."

tutorial and resources for using Podcasts as writing assignments