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Stephanie Cooper

32 Habits That Make Thinkers - 2 views

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  • So below are 32 habits–or strategies, actions, or behaviors–that can lead to that critical shift that moves students from mere students to learners who are able to think critically for themselves.
  • Stephanie Cooper on 14 May 14
     
    Very interesting thoughts.  How many of these traits do you have?  This might be an interesting introductory class activity that can help students determine how engaged they are with their studies and the world.  
Keith Hamon

Nomadic Thinking | Critical Legal Thinking - 0 views

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  • Keith Hamon on 17 Jul 12
     
    The nomadic thinker is one who traces the con­tours of the free space of think­ing and whose sub­jectiv­ity is, for neces­sary struc­tural reas­ons, in a state of war-​​like struggle. This struggle is not a purely intel­lec­tual exer­cise where one engages in  cri­tique with noth­ing more at stake than, say, a purely formal vis­ion of the greater good.  Instead, one could say, in a man­ner faintly remin­is­cent of Carl Schmitt, that what is at stake is the nomadic thinker's very life, that is to say, the ethos, integ­rity and cre­ativ­ity of the free space of thinking.
Keith Hamon

Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains | Magazine - 1 views

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  • it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making us smarter.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 05 Jul 10
       
      Is it not also a mistake to look at the same evidence and conclude that the Web is making us dumber?
  • Keith Hamon on 05 Jul 10
     
    What kind of brain is the Web giving us? There is much we know or can surmise-and the news is quite disturbing. Dozens of studies by psychologists, neurobiologists, and educators point to the same conclusion: When we go online, we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking, and superficial learning. Even as the Internet grants us easy access to vast amounts of information, it is turning us into shallower thinkers, literally changing the structure of our brain.
Stephanie Cooper

Anti-Plagiarism Strategies - 0 views

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shared by Stephanie Cooper on 28 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Students are faced with too many choices, so they put off low priorities.
  • A remedy here would be to customize the research topic to include something of real interest to the students or to offer topics with high intrinsic interest to them.
  • If you structure your research assignment so that intermediate parts of it (topic, early research, prospectus, outline, draft, bibliography, final draft) are due at regular intervals, students will be less likely to get in a time-pressure panic and look for an expedient shortcut.
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  • Many students have poor time management and planning skills. 
  • Some students fear that their writing ability is inadequate.
  • Reassuring students of the help available to them (your personal attention, a writing center, teaching assistants, online writing lab sites, etc.) may give them the courage to persevere.
  • Do not assume that students know what plagiarism is, even if they nod their heads when you ask them. Provide an explicit definition for them.
  • In addition to a definition, though, you should discuss with your students the difference between appropriate, referenced use of ideas or quotations and inappropriate use. You might show them an example of a permissible paraphrase (with its citation) and an impermissible paraphrase (containing some paraphrasing and some copying), and discuss the difference.
  • A degree will help students get a first job, but performance--using the skills developed by doing just such assignments as research papers--will be required for promotion.
  • Many students do not seem to realize that whenever they cite a source, they are strengthening their writing. Citing a source, whether paraphrased or quoted, reveals that they have performed research work and synthesized the findings into their own argument. Using sources shows that the student in engaged in "the great conversation," the world of ideas, and that the student is aware of other thinkers' positions on the topic. By quoting (and citing) writers who support the student's position, the student adds strength to the position. By responding reasonably to those who oppose the position, the student shows that there are valid counter arguments. In a nutshell, citing helps make the essay stronger and sounder and will probably result in a better grade.
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Stephanie Cooper

Would You Hire Your Own Kids? 7 Skills Schools Should Be Teaching Them| The Committed S... - 1 views

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shared by Stephanie Cooper on 25 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • "First and foremost, I look for someone who asks good questions," Parker responded. "Our business is changing, and so the skills our engineers need change rapidly, as well. We can teach them the technical stuff. But for employees to solve problems or to learn new things, they have to know what questions to ask. And we can't teach them how to ask good questions - how to think. The ability to ask the right questions is the single most important skill."
    • Stephanie Cooper
      Stephanie Cooper on 25 Jan 11
       
      This is an example of the need for critical thinkers in the real world!!
  • "All of our work is done in teams. You have to know how to work well with others. But you also have to know how to engage the customer -- to find out what his needs are. If you can't engage others, then you won't learn what you need to know."
    • Stephanie Cooper
      Stephanie Cooper on 25 Jan 11
       
      Connectivism at work!
  • Where in the 20th century, rigor meant mastering more -- and more complex -- academic content, 21st century rigor is about creating new knowledge and applying what you know to new problems and situations.
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