Chapter 2 Critical Thinking Skills 2 02 EVIDENCE

Chapter 2. Critical Thinking Skills 2. 02. EVIDENCE Global Perspectives Y 10 edforfuture. com

What are your thoughts on this? edforfuture. com

Let’s review 1. An argument is made of different lines of reasoning 2. A line of reasoning needs relevant EVIDENCE to support it 3. You are expected to evaluate the quality of reasoning edforfuture. com

Types of evidence �Research suggests. . �The blogpost by …. states…. �Information from the website… �In a study conducted by …. . edforfuture. com

Wall of Sources/Evidence �Think about other examples of sources Web sources Printed Sources edforfuture. com

Activity 1 �Imagine you have been doing some research for your IR entitled ‘Has the Internet changed the world we live in? ’ edforfuture. com

Activity 1 You find the following sources : Has the Internet changed the world we live in? ’ �A blog for and by people over 50 in the UK �A newspaper magazine dated 4 years ago �An article from a magazine about the impact of technology dated 2020. edforfuture. com

Answer to activity 1 �C : newspaper article �We suppose that whoever wrote the article is an expert on this topic. �However, he was paid to write it so it may be biased/subjective in that it only mentions the positives about the impact of the internet. edforfuture. com

Reflection A carpenter, a school teacher, and a scientist were travelling by train through Scotland when they saw a black sheep through the window of the train. ‘Aha’, said the carpenter with a smile. ’I see that Scottish sheep are black’. ‘Hmm’, said the school teacher. ‘You mean that some Scottish sheep are black’ edforfuture. com

Reflection �‘No’, said the scientist. ‘All we know is that there is at least one sheep in Scotland, and that at least one side of that one sheep is black’. �What does this anecdote teach you? edforfuture. com

Conclusion �If you want to know if something you read it’s true, it’s a good idea to check where the information is coming from. You might want to see if the information can be checked in more than one source. �Verifying: making sure something is true �Cross-reference : reference to another edforfuture. com

Assignment �Search the meaning of the word BIAS. �After finding out the meaning, think about a situation when you were biased. Was your conclusion/ evaluation of the situation true/ fair/ objective? �Write a paragraph explaining the situation. edforfuture. com