Effective Thinking ((3))

Catalog description

This primarily applied course is designed to help you think critically about issues that confront you in your day-to-day life. You will learn how to improve both your comprehension and use of language, improve your memory so that you have the facts at hand during discussions, evaluate the arguments of others as well as improve your own arguments, solve problems more efficiently, make better judgments and decisions, and improve your creativity. The class focuses on improving overall thinking skills that you can use throughout your life. The structure of the class is lecture and discussion, with many opportunities for cooperative learning in small groups. Sample topics include Science and Pseudoscience; Ghosts, UFOs and other Weird Things; How to Reason Logically; and Crossword Puzzles, Logic Problems, Anagrams, and Other Problems.