1. Critical Thinking Framework analysis and evaluation
Monday, March 17, 2008
Blocks 5 & 6 COMM 306

2. Critical Thinking Framework analysis and evaluation
Today’s objectives:
To learn a concise, flexible CT framework
To use the framework to help us think more deeply and clearly about issues related to 306
To use the framework to develop questions about global poverty that will help us focus our research on the best sources to inform our understanding of the course material

3. Critical Thinking Framework analysis and evaluation
We can use the
Elements of Thought
to build our own strong, clear, persuasive messages for particular audiences
We can apply the
Elements of Thought
to whole or parts of
verbal, oral, & visual messages to determine their soundness, validity, value

4. Critical Thinking Framework
Audience
Argumentation
Claims/premises
assertions, opinions
Aristotelian
ethos
logos
pathos
Toulmin
qualifiers
rebuttals
Rogerian
opposition
common ground
compromise
point of view
Elements of
Thought
purpose
implications
question
at issue
artistic
inartistic
assumptions
information
data, facts
concepts
interpretation
inference
clarity
accuracy
relevance
depth
breadth
logic
Fallacies—generalization, slippery
slope, ad hominem, weak analogy
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