CT700 Critical Thinking for Instructors - Fall 2010
Fall Semester - Starting on August 25th 2010
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Instruction Begins - August 25th, 2010
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Last Day of Class - December 10th, 2010
The purpose of this course is to provide teachers of any subject or field, teaching at any level (elementary through graduate school), the opportunity to acquire an in depth, hands-on understanding of how to use the tools of fair-minded critical thinking as the basis for classroom planning, instruction, and learning.
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Critical Thinking Basic Skills Test - Web Version
How is the test packaged and licensed?
This test is sold on a per student basis NOT per test. Each student may take the test up to 8 times over 4 years. We believe that this test is a valuable assessment. learning and development tool when taken multiple times. Online test results are analyzed and compared over time to show your progress in and assist further development in understanding core concepts of critical thinking. We suggest a schedule of 2 to 4 times per year on a pre/post test schedule.
How to purchase the test.
The test is licensed for Groups and Institutions starting with a minimum of 10 student licenses. There is no setup fee for this test. An *administrative account is automatically created upon purchase. *Note the total number of licenses purchased should include one license for the Administrator; (e.g. If you have 50 students, you need to purchase 51 licenses for your class including the administrator.)
- Group Licensing - Pay at once: Choose this option If you know the exact number of licenses you need.
The test may be purchased for a specific number of students in your group. you pay for all student licenses at time of purchase. Volume discounts apply
- Group Licensing - Open Billing: Choose this option for larger groups where you do not know the exact number of licenses you need. The test may be licensed for UP TO the maximum number of students you specify. When select Open Billing, your account is created and you are billed for the 25% of the total number of licenses purchased at checkout. Once these licenses (25% of total number) have been distributed, you are billed monthly for the number of student test accounts you actually distribute. Volume discounts apply
Testing accounts that are paid by credit card are activated immediately. Payments by any other method (purchase order or check payment) than credit cards will delay activation of your test account until payment is received..
We live increasingly in a world of accelerating change, intensifying complexity, and ever-increasing danger. We
are threatened now not simply by dangers abroad but by our own government at home. We must resist the
view that might makes right. We must not take the Bill of Rights for granted. We must reject simplistic messages
promoted by the mass media. We must learn to see the world afresh from many points of view, not simply from
our own. We must become comfortable routinely rethinking our decisions and reevaluating our priorities. We must
learn how to learn from others and abandon the view that we have all the answers. We must take command of our
minds, work actively for justice in the world, and focus on values that are universal, values we can share with all
rational people of good will. We must cultivate intellectual humility, integrity, perseverance, and empathy in
ourselves, and in our students. Disciplined and skilled thinking are no longer luxuries but necessities, no longer
add-ons for enrichment programs, but core requirements for every student in every subject on every day.