TTP Critical Thinking, Week 3

Hour 1

Pair work (10)

• What did you learn last week?
• Summarize the main argument of the McDonalds article you read last week.
• You watched a short TV commercial about Subway. What was the argument in that advertisement?
• We learned 6 fallacies. name each. Can you give an example of each?

Critical thinking part 2 (40)

Introduction to six more fallacies.

Complete the new critical thinking worksheet.

Hour 2

Apply your knowledge (20)

• Watch the video.
• What’s the argument?
• What’s the fallacy?

Obama

Don’t Sell Your Hair

School

George Bush makes war

Baco

Bacon

Hour 3

Read Critically (25)

Here is the second article. This article is by Malcolm Gladwell. The name of the article is Most Likely to Succeed.

Read the article.

Discussion Questions (25)

• What is value-added analysis in the story?
• How does the author compare the effect of class size and teacher quality?
• What is a back of the envelope calculation?
• Why do good teachers have a holding space for students?
• What’s the difference between good and bad feedback?
• Describe the features that made the math teacher a good instructor?
• Do you agree that test scores, graduate degrees and certifications are poor indicators of a teacher’s success?
• What is withitness?
• What is a percentile?