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GEN 202: Critical Analytical Thinking (CAT)
The information provided here is general information to support all first year students enrolled in the Critical Analytical Thinking (CAT) course. Your professor and / or writing coach may have additional items they recommend for students in your section. These recommendations below are general enough for all students to benefit.
Using this guide you will:
- Find online and print resources to develop your writing
- Find websites to expound upon the content of the two films
- Locate additional readings by authors who have been included in the course
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The Online Writing Lab at Purdue (OWL) Strategies for Effective Writing in the CAT Course A Plain English Handbook: How to Create Clear SEC Disclosure Documents Roget's Thesauri Online - Jackson also has the print edition of Roget's International Thesaurus (Reference Collection: Writing section) • catalog record In addition, books can be found in the Writing section in the Jackson Library Reference Room. To find a list quickly, search the Jackson Catalog, type "writing section" (with quotes) and select 'Key Anywhere OR with Relevance' using Find Results In. |
Additional Readings |
Patrinos, Harry. "Market Forces in Education". European Journal of Education v. 35 n. 1 (2000) Callan, Eamonn. "Public Schools and Common Schools." Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference • catalog record Johnson, Steven. Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making us Smarter • catalog record Dawkins, Richard. The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene • catalog record "Gene Genie", The Times (London), 31 August 1996. Relating to Richard Dawkins (available in Factiva) "Loveable Rogue, or Selfish Killer?" The Daily Telegraph, 21 March 2006. Relating to Richard Dawkins (available in Factiva) Kundera, Milan. Ignorance • catalog record Kundera, Milan. The Unbearable Lightness of Being • catalog record Sachs, Jeffrey. The Geography of Economic Development • catalog record Friedman, Milton. The Essence of Friedman • catalog record Ebenstein, Lanny. Milton Friedman: A Biography • catalog record
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Readings on Reasoning |
Nickerson, Raymond. Reflections on Reasoning • catalog record Capaldi, Nicholas. The Art of Deception • catalog record Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Film Websites |
Who Killed The Electric Car? (Sony) Who Killed The Electric Car? (PBS) Multiple copies of The Lives of Others are available on Reserve at Jackson Library. It is suggested that you try to view the film with a small group of fellow students, since there are not enough copies for every individual. |
Assigned Readings |
Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking • catalog record Johnson, Steven. The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic -- and How It Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World • catalog record Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene • catalog record Kundera, Milan. The Joke • catalog record Sachs, Jeffrey D. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities For Our Time • catalog record Friedman, Milton. Free to Choose: A Personal Statement • catalog record Easterly, William. The White Man's Burden: Why The West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good McMillan, John. Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets • catalog record
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Additional Readings |
Patrinos, Harry. "Market Forces in Education". European Journal of Education v. 35 n. 1 (2000) Callan, Eamonn. "Public Schools and Common Schools. (Author's Draft) Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference • catalog record Johnson, Steven. Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making us Smarter • catalog record Dawkins, Richard. The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene • catalog record "Gene Genie", The Times (London), 31 August 1996. Relating to Richard Dawkins (available in Factiva) "Loveable Rogue, or Selfish Killer?" The Daily Telegraph, 21 March 2006. Relating to Richard Dawkins (available in Factiva) Kundera, Milan. Ignorance • catalog record Kundera, Milan. The Unbearable Lightness of Being • catalog record Sachs, Jeffrey. The Geography of Economic Development • catalog record Friedman, Milton. The Essence of Friedman • catalog record Ebenstein, Lanny. Milton Friedman: A Biography • catalog record
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