Thursday, February 7, 2013
Reflection
I found the first exercise to be extremely helpful. I've realized it's a bit harder to pick a great question than we originally thought. These key questions made me wonder if my own argumentative questions deserved a closer look. I need to make it so it's not an easy "yes" or "no" style question, and gives me some length to talk about. It also can't be summed up in a few paragraphs, and has to allow me to develop a certain form.
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Stuart, I hope you also see that it's not so much about picking a "great" question as understanding that the form of different questions encourages different kinds of responses and thinking.
ReplyDeleteIf you understand how to think about the form of questions and what those questions encourage, then you can actively and alertly construct questions that will get you thinking more, both before writing and then in the writing itself.
So you are learning some serious strategies here for helping yourself develop your critical thinking abilities actively!