Month: September 2019

September 30, 2019 No Responses

Critical Thinking and the Liberal Arts

Pre-Reading: This reading will possibly will be about how society doesn’t use critical thinking and liberal arts when things go wrong. They’ve become less common amongst today’s society. People don’t look to use these resources and tools to help them...
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September 27, 2019 No Responses

Meeting with Olivia Cram

The meeting with Olivia was very helpful to get a closer look of what needed to be changed. What was worked on was incorporating more explanations of vocabulary and authors. A paragraph was added after the introduction that discusses what...
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September 23, 2019 No Responses

Quote Revision

Original 1: “Safe spaces” allow students, “to be open to ideas and perspectives so that the differences they encounter are educational” (Roth). The “safe spaces” mentioned by Roth are in regards to students who want to speak their mind and...
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September 20, 2019 No Responses

Signal Phrases

“Safe spaces” allow students, “to be open to ideas and perspectives so that the differences they [the students] encounter are educational” (Roth). In one of Dweck’s studies the children said, “they would probably cheat next time instead of studying...
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September 20, 2019 No Responses

Revised/New Paragraphs Project 1

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September 18, 2019 No Responses

Podcast: Target Dilemma

During the process of making a podcast I learned to how to actually make one. I encountered some difficulty but was able to overcome my challenges and complete the assignment. I did learn how to convert a “Garage Band” audio...
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September 16, 2019 No Responses

4 Moves, Dweck, Lukianoff/Haidt, Roth

Carol Dweck, Professor at Stanford University, suggests the importance of a “growth mindset” to her readers and listeners, but most importantly to teaching techniques. One way she suggests developing the “growth mindset” is by, “p...
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September 15, 2019 No Responses

Revision Plan, Paper 1

What big concerns did you have about your draft as you completed the first draft? One of my biggest concerns about my draft as I was completing it was supplying enough and the correct textual evidence to support my claim. Another concern...
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September 9, 2019 No Responses

Men’s Club Volleyball

The University of New England offers a wide variety of clubs and groups for a variety of people of all interests. One club that sparks curiosity is the men’s club volleyball. There’s a women’s and men’s club volleyball team at...
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September 9, 2019 No Responses

The Difference Between Coddling and ‘Safe Spaces’

Sometimes in order to be comfortable with having or develop a “growth mindset” people need to be able to have a “safe space” available to the them. One of the purposes of “safe spaces” is to allow students, “to be...
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