Exploring the Internet Using Critical Thinking Skills

Exploring the Internet Using Critical Thinking Skills
Author: Debra Jones
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers
Total Pages: 114
Release: 1998
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

"This workbook by an Internet librarian seeks to provide instruction and practice in developing skills to locate a variety of information resources on the Internet, apply critical evaluation to select relevant, good-quality data, and identify bias and personal opinion in full-text online material. The eight lessons encompass a basic orientation to the World Wide Web and Netscape, basic search techniques, WWW search engines, Internet sources for news, government data, and educational resources, E-mail resources including listservs and Usenet newsgroups, computer-use ethics, copyright issues, and guidance in citing digitalized information in footnotes and term-paper bibliographies. Basic definitions provided in the text are duplicated in the glossary. Online practice exercises accompany each lesson."--Library Journal.

Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Mathematics

Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Mathematics
Author: Evan M. Glazer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2001-08-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313074348

Mathematics teachers and school library media specialists will find this book a valuable resource for using the Web to promote critical thinking in the high school mathematics classroom. It is filled with instructional strategies and an expansive set of activities that cover a broad array of mathematics topics spanning from prealgebra through calculus. Teachers using the questions and activities in this book will help their students meet the standards set forth by the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics. Various types of mathematics related sources on the Internet are outlined within this book, including data and simulations related to real world situations such as saving funds and computing interest earned for college, purchasing a home, or decoding train and plane schedules. The author develops a framework for critical thinking in mathematics and helps teachers create a supportive classroom environment. Each activity highlights a web source, the mathematics topics involved, the appropriate grade levels of study, possible student investigations, and related web sources for continued exploration, promoting a student-centered inquiry.

Research Anthology on Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Students

Research Anthology on Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Students
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 1537
Release: 2020-10-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1799830233

Learning strategies for critical thinking are a vital part of today’s curriculum as students have few additional opportunities to learn these skills outside of school environments. Therefore, it is essential that educators be given practical strategies for improving their critical thinking skills as well as methods to effectively provide critical thinking skills to their students. The Research Anthology on Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Students is a vital reference source that helps to shift and advance the debate on how critical thinking should be taught and offers insights into the significance of critical thinking and its effective integration as a cornerstone of the educational system. Highlighting a range of topics such as discourse analysis, skill assessment and measurement, and critical analysis techniques, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for teachers/instructors, instructional designers, curriculum developers, education professionals, administrators, policymakers, researchers, and academicians.

Internet Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide for Students

Internet Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide for Students
Author: Lely Novia
Publisher: Ananta Vidya
Total Pages: 101
Release:
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 6238024844

"Internet Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide for Students" is a must-have resource that equips students with the knowledge and skills they need to navigate the online world confidently and responsibly. From demystifying basic internet terminology to ensuring online safety and security, this book covers it all. Through engaging explanations and practical examples, students will learn about effective online communication, master the art of internet research, explore diverse online media formats, and understand the importance of digital citizenship. Delving into fascinating topics such as internet culture and career opportunities, this comprehensive guide empowers students to become savvy and responsible digital citizens in today's interconnected world.

Communication Yearbook 27

Communication Yearbook 27
Author: Pamela J. Kalbfleisch
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 826
Release: 2003-06-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1135616922

Communication Yearbook 27 is devoted to publishing state-of-the-art literature reviews in which authors critique and synthesize a body of communication research. This volume continues the tradition of publishing critical, integrative reviews of specific lines of research. Chapters focus on an organizational communication challenge to the discourse of work and family research; recovering women's voice; empowerment and communication; participatory communication for social change; and the problematics of dialogue and power. In addition, chapters discuss the megaphone effect; the effects of television on group vitality; the empowerment of feminist scholarship in public relations and the building of a feminist paradigm; control, resistance, and empowerment in raced, gendered, and classed work contexts; credibility for the 21st century; and communicating disability.

Exploring Management

Exploring Management
Author: John R. Schermerhorn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2011-10-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470878215

The primary goal of this edition of Exploring Managementis to help build core management competencies for today's global and more complex workplace, including issues related to planning, organizing, leading, and controlling (POLC) - with more hands-on type materials such as cases, exercises, and application. Schermerhorn uses a conversational and interactive writing style to master concepts in a bite-size and fundamental approach. This text presents managerial concepts and theory in a straight-forward, interesting style with a strong emphasis on application. The discussion of theory is framed in a unique, engaging, and concise way. The goal is to promote critical thinking and ability to make sound business decisions using managerial theory. Concepts are explored and reinforced by most hands-on applications, exercises, cases, and the integration of technology. The text also focuses on the most important aspects of the POLC model, emphasizing skill-building.

Critical Thinking Across The Curriculum: Developing Critical Thinking Skills, Literacy And Philosophy In The Primary Classroom

Critical Thinking Across The Curriculum: Developing Critical Thinking Skills, Literacy And Philosophy In The Primary Classroom
Author: Leicester, Mal
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0335238793

This exciting, practical book is an essential resource for every busy primary teacher and very easy to use in the classroom. It provides advice, beautifully illustrated original themed stories, and critical learning activities. The critical learning activities are accompanied by photocopiable resources, including original photographs.