[Phys-L] Re: earthquakes +- critical thinking

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@REDSHIFT.COM>]

This is why people need to be able to think for themselves.  You
can't believe everything you're told ... but neither can you afford
to disbelieve everything you're told.  You have to think.

[JD]



During  The Canterbury Tales course Prof. Mudrick pointed out that both
credulity and the always lack thereof indicated stupidity.

I think critical thinking is taught in English courses, too;  remember
all those compare and contrast exercises?

bc

Anthony Lapinski wrote:

> And this is the problem. Most people do not know how to think critically.
> Our schools/subjects/teachers do not teach students how to think
> critically. Physicists probably teach these skills best, which is what
> makes the subject so challenging. And standardized tests are not much
> help. Nor is grade inflation. Kids might have high marks on their
> transcripts when they leave a school (even a private one), but do they
> really know how to think? No way. Give some "essay" questions your tests
> as I do. It will open your eyes into what your students know and how they
> apply what they know.
>
>
> > This is why people need to be able to think for themselves.  You
> > can't believe everything you're told ... but neither can you afford
> > to disbelieve everything you're told.  You have to think.
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