CRT 205 CRT205 CRT/205 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

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CRT 205 CRT205 CRT/205 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

CRT 205 Week 1 CheckPoint Taking a Position

CRT 205 Week 1 Assignment Supporting a Position

CRT 205 Week 2 DQs

CRT 205 Week 2 Exercise Review Quizzes (Ch. 1, 2, & 3)

CRT 205 Week 3 CheckPoint Part 1 Argument Credibility

CRT 205 Week 3 CheckPoint Part 2 Argument Credibility Peer Review

CRT 205 Week 3 Assignment Analyzing Credibility

CRT 205 Week 4 Exercise Review Quizzes (Chapters 4, 5, & 6)

CRT 205 Week 4 DQs

CRT 205 Week 5 Assignment Categorizing Fallacies

CRT 205 Week 5 Checkpoint Identifying Fallacies Checkpoint

CRT 205 Week 6 Exercise Review Quizzes (Ch. 7)

CRT 205 Week 6 DQs

CRT 205 Week 7 Assignment Argument Evaluation

CRT 205 Week 7 Checkpoint 1 Argument Validity

CRT 205 Week 8 Exercise Review Quizzes (Chapter 12)

CRT 205 Week 8 DQs

CRT 205 Week 9 Capstone Checkpoint

CRT 205 Week 9 Final Project Comprehensive Argument Analysis

CRT 205 CRT205 CRT/205 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

CRT 205 Week 1 CheckPoint Taking a Position

CheckPoint: Taking a Position

Axia College uses this definition of critical thinking, originally coined by the NCTE Committee

on Critical Thinking and the Language Arts: Critical thinking is ―a process which stresses an

attitude of suspended judgment, incorporates logical inquiry and problem solving, and leads

to an evaluative decision or action.‖

Reference

Tama, M.C. (1989). Critical thinking: Promoting it in the classroom. Retrieved October 2,

2006 from Indiana University, Clearinghouse on Reading, English, & Communication

Web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/digests/d40.html

  Resource: Appendix B

  Due Date: Day 4 [post under 300 words total to the Individual forum]

  Read the Coffee Break comic strip in Appendix B.

  Address parts A and B in the same post

  Address the following in a100- to 150-word response in part A of the post:

State the key issue from the comic strip.

o  Does Anita suspend judgment before taking a position, or does she immediately take

a position on the issue? Explain your answer.

o  Does Anita use logic when looking into the issue, or is her position based on a moral

value judgment? Explain your answer.

o  Does she solve a problem, make a decision, or take action as a result of taking the

position she did? Explain your answer.

  Recall a situation in your life in which you took a position on an issue. The issue could

concern a political matter, a family or community topic, or a moral or ethical problem.

  Address the following in a 100- to 150-word response in part B of the post:

o  State the issue, the position you took, and the considerations that helped you

determine your position.

o  Did you suspend judgment before taking a position, or did you immediately take a

position on the issue? Explain your answer.

o  Did you use logic when looking into the issue, or was the position you took based on

a moral value judgment? Explain your answer.

o  Did you solve a problem, make a decision, or take action as a result of taking the

position you did? Explain your answer.

CRT 205 CRT205 CRT/205 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

CRT 205 Week 1 Assignment Supporting a Position

Assignment: Supporting a Position

  Resource: National Public Radio (NPR) podcast: ―Florida Mulls Lethal-Injection

Problems‖  or article ―Execution Rules Still Inhumane‖

  Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum]

  Listen to the NPR Podcast or read the article located on the Materials tab of your

student web page for Week One.

  Consider the issues raised by the question, ―Should the U.S. continue to use capital

punishment?‖

  Post a 350- to 700-word response in which you identify the question’s principal issues.

Be sure to:

o  Choose a position on capital punishment and support your position in your response.

o  Support your position with facts about capital punishment.

CRT 205 CRT205 CRT/205 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

CRT 205 Week 2 DQs

DQ1

Due Week 2 Day 2

Please post your response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply.  Only post your response as a reply to my thread.  You will only get credit for your answers if they are under the appropriate thread.

Just as critical thinking is important when expressing ourselves in writing, clear writing is very important to critical thinking. How does critical thinking affect you as a reader and writer? How can thinking critically improve your writing?

DQ2

Due Week 2 Day 4

Please post your response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply.  Only post your response as a reply to my thread.  You will only get credit for your answers if they are under the appropriate thread.

Discussion Question 2

ï‚· Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum]

ï‚· Read the following discussion question response written by Owen, a fictional Axia student. Identify areas of vagueness and ambiguity and discuss how you could clarify the mail’s message using the writing principles addressed in the text.

CRT 205 CRT205 CRT/205 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

CRT 205 Week 2 Exercise Review Quizzes (Ch. 1, 2, & 3)

Exercise: Review Quizzes (Ch. 1, 2, & 3)

  Due Date: Day 5 [Individual forum]

  Complete the following Review Quizzes at http://www.mhhe.com/criticalthinking8

  Copy and paste your quiz results to a Microsoft® Word document.

  Post the document as an attachment. The subject line of the post should tell the

instructor which quiz you are posting (for example, Chapter 1—Claims and Arguments

Quiz).

Ch. 1    Claims and Arguments Quiz

Subjectivism and Value

Judgments Quiz

Ch. 2    Vagueness Quiz

Ambiguous Claims Quiz

Defining Terms Quiz I

Writing Argumentative Essays

Quiz II

Ch. 3   Chapter Review Quiz