Language Classroom Content & Pedagogy Activities to Improve the Structural Quality of Arguments in Essay Writing more

This poster presentation explores how teachers can address argumentation in an academic writing course by offering material that helps learners identify, analyze and evaluate effective arguments. The presentation includes specific activities and techniques on identifying the elements and structure of an argument, determining the relevance of reasons and the sufficiency of evidence, and applying rubrics to examine the structural quality of arguments. Materials are available for teachers to implement in their classrooms immediately.

Language Classroom Content & Pedagogy Practical Ideas to Stop Cognitive Bias Sabotaging Critical Thinking Tasks more

Sun, Nov 14, 15:25-16:25 Asia/Tokyo

It has become increasingly evident that to achieve the key goal of critical thinking instruction and facilitate clear, rational, and open-minded student thinking, teachers need to address the potentially negative effects of cognitive bias on their critical thinking tasks by implementing debiasing frameworks and strategies. Based on the body of research regarding debiasing, this workshop explains easy-to-implement ideas and frameworks for teachers of all levels to debias their critical thinking tasks.