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This page contains supplemental readings and other course materials.

Each entry contains questions "To Guide Your Reading." There will normally not be any graded assignment associated with these questions: they are simply to help you take notes for our class discussion.

Note: There will occasionally be written participation assignments associated with the readings. These are listed in the syllabus and will also be noted here. However, you should always download, print, read, and bring the sources to class each day.

Dec 7

Reader Ch. 17 (Barr, Service for the Greater Good) 145-157

To guide your reading:

Barr clearly lays out his main question or goal a couple times near the beginning of the chapter. What is the main question he seeks to answer?

He gives an answer (or rather a ...

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Dec 4

Reader Ch. 7 (Olson, Towards Meaning) 67-73

Reading Worksheet due (under Assignments).

 

Dec 2

Reader Ch. 13 (Citzler, The Write Thing) 111-116

To guide your reading:

What academic disciplines does Citzler draw on throughout the chapter? (These could be considered voices/sources).

 

What does Citzler say about the societal or collective benefits o...

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Nov 30

#TLUBulldogs Ch. 3 (Rodriguez, In and Out of Plato’s Cave): 47-61

To guide your reading:

You were assigned this reading over the summer. Can you identify any differences in how you read it or what you get from it now as opposed to then? Any new insigh...

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Nov 23

Wacky Warrant Workshop stories handout available under Readings and Handouts

To guide your reading:

Note: some of these stories are made up—make sure that you know which ones are!

Note: I have included a couple of stories that touch on politics an...

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What is Critical Reading? [unit]

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Handouts

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Dissecting Arguments [unit]

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Krost, Midterm and Majors Assignment [unit]

Ungrouped

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Thinking in the Disciplines [unit]

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The Aims of Education [unit]

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