CT16171122: Critical Thinking and the Process of Assessment
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Critical Thinking and the Process of Assessment

 

The workshop focuses on how instructors can use assessment effectively and on how to teach students to use it. Assessment is a process crucial both to critical thinking and to successful teaching and learning. Learning to think critically is learning to assess our own thinking and improving our thinking as a result of that assessment.

Participants will practice making better assessment decisions. The result will be higher quality assessment both in teaching and in student learning

Participants will:

  1. construct assessments that require students to think critically about and within the material in their courses or classes;
  2. engage in critical thinking assessments of readings using standards of critical thinking such as clarity, accuracy, relevance and precision..., and then apply those standards to assessing their students' written work;
  3. construct assessments built on elements of reasoning (such as identifying implications, assumptions, interpretations, relevant information, and main questions at issue) as applied to the subject matter of the course or class;
  4. create central reasoning assessments that evaluate students' abilities to connect concepts and bring together insights from the course as a whole.

 


 

What Participants Said...

  • The strategies provided are applicable back in school.
  • Much of what is taught is directly relevant for General Paper. Gives me a clearer idea of how to help scaffold students to think critically when doing project work.
  • Useful information.
  • Theoretical underpinnings.
  • It gave me an idea of how quick feedback can be given to encourage critical thinking.
  • The resources and content are helpful.
  • I have a better understanding of the standards and elements of thought in critical thinking.
  • Applicable to how I design assessment strategies.
  • The Thinker Guides provided are very useful.
  • Learned to craft clear student objectives.
  • Helps me reflect on my own teaching practices.
  • Practical tips that can be used in class.

 


 

About the Presenter: Dr. Gerald Nosich

Gerald NoischDr. Gerald Nosich is a noted authority on critical thinking and has given more than 250 workshops on all aspects of teaching critical thinking. Since the mid-1980s he has become committed to teaching critical thinking across the curriculum. He is convinced that the only way for students to learn a subject matter is to think their way through it. He is the author of Reasons and Arguments (Wadsworth, 1982).  His second book, Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum, has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic.

Dr. Nosich has given workshops for instructors at all levels of education in Singapore, the U.S., Canada, Thailand, Lithuania, Austria, and Germany.  He has worked with the U.S. Department of Education on a project for National Assessment of Higher Order Thinking Skills; given teleconferences sponsored by PBS and Starlink on teaching critical thinking within subject-matter courses; served as a consultant/evaluator for SACS Accreditation of programs at various colleges and universities emphasizing critical thinking; and has been featured as a Noted Scholar at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of numerous articles, audio and video tapes on critical thinking. He has been Assistant Director at the Center for Critical Thinking at Sonoma State University, and is an associate of the Center and the Foundation for Critical Thinking.  Dr. Nosich is Professor Emeritus at Buffalo State College in NY, and Professor Emeritus at the University of New Orleans.

Dr. Nosich has not only focused on teaching critical thinking skills in subject-specific areas, but is also adept at teaching critical thinking across the curriculum.  Dr. Nosich is a witty presenter whose down-to-earth sense of humor adds spice to his practical insights.

Click here to watch Dr Noisch in action


 

Registration Details

Course Code: CT16171122

Topic: Critical Thinking and the Process of Assessment

Presenter: Professor Gerald Nosich

Date: 26 May 2023, Friday

Time: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

Mode of Delivery: Face to Face

Venue: To be confirmed

Closing date: 24 March 2023, Friday

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Workshop Fee: S$650.00 per participant. If two or more participants from the same school/organization attend the same course, the discounted fee will be S$585.00 per participant for that particular course. The fee includes two tea breaks and one lunch. The fee is subject to GST.

Other Information: Registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis. No refunds will be made for cancellations or in the case of absentees. The Academy accepts replacements for registered participants who cannot attend for whatever reasons.

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