CT content/knowledge

A note on non-formal educational initiatives

Jun 2nd, 2011 | By Dhrupad | Category: CT content/knowledge, On-Line CT Resources

A note on non-formal educational initiatives by Dhrupad Mathur, India Education entails a continuous, lifelong process of knowing, learning, discovering and transforming individuals, institutions and society. Primary education therefore is all the more important as it is a vital foundation that paves way for this lifetime experience. In majority of cases, the organized school education system chases a target with a set pattern of knowing, learning and discovering things. Operationally, continue...



Becoming a Critical Thinker. Robert Todd Carroll

Sep 10th, 2010 | By Nicu Cretu | Category: CT content/knowledge

A Problem Imagine you are in charge of airport security at an international airport in Florida. An American Airlines counterclerk calls to inform you that a person scheduled to get on Flight 1304 to Dallas has refused to board the plane, claiming that she is psychic and she senses that there is a bomb on board. You meet with the psychic and recognize her from the Larry King and Montel Williams shows. You vaguely remember her claiming to have used her psychic ability to solve several important continue...



Research

Sep 4th, 2010 | By Nicu Cretu | Category: CT content/knowledge

Control Group Studies – http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/ctlessons/lesson10.html continue...



Logical Fallacies

Sep 4th, 2010 | By Nicu Cretu | Category: CT content/knowledge

http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/ctlessons/lesson5.html continue...



Validity

Sep 4th, 2010 | By Nicu Cretu | Category: CT content/knowledge

http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/ctlessons/lesson2.html continue...



Induction and deduction

Sep 4th, 2010 | By Nicu Cretu | Category: CT content/knowledge

http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/ctlessons/lesson1.html continue...