Welcome Lighthouse CPA Government Students !
Here we go ! I am looking forward to really getting started next week ! As for today
, I will start with a brief reminder of the purpose of this blog .
This blog is a complementary resource to the class web site ( www.quia.com/pages/jchristman38/page3.html
) and your use of it will be critically
important to being successful with each chapter’s Critical Thinking Exam ( CTE
) ( 30 % of your grade ) .
At the beginning of each chapter I will post the potential Critical Thinking
Questions ( CTQ s ) to the blog for your consideration . The CTQs are very
similar to , and some actually are , real AP free response questions . The real
AP free response questions , appearing on our CTEs and core chapter exams ,
will have an ( * ) at the start of the question .
Since the actual questions on the chapter CTE will come from these questions
you will want to study these closely , pay attention to the concepts that
relate to these when they are covered in class , and ask questions to make sure
that you understand . How easy is that ?
Just think , you will have the questions for one of your exams over a week
before the exam !
You should also feel free to use the comments function of this blog to share
, or debate , your ideas with fellow classmates regarding the answers to these
questions . The blog extends our classroom by providing a common resource for on
going learning twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week .
Please also be aware that in addition to the chapter CTQs , I will occasionally
be posting links to some supplemental
/ additional outside readings and
videos that will generate CTQs on the CTEs . If there are supplemental /
additional outside readings , the CTQs for those readings and videos will also
be included in these posts . By the way , this post for chapter one includes
some of those supplemental outside readings . See CTQs twelve and thirteen
below and the links to the readings .
Please note that some of the CTQs are positioned as “ evaluate this
statement “ and can also serve as debate topics . You will note on the class
calendar ( see the class website ) , that I have listed an activity for some
days titled CTQ Forums . On those days we will spend a few minutes in debate on
these topics .
While I am on the debate topic , please also note that the “ Cliches Of
Socialism To Ponder “ statements will be included in these blog posts just to
get you thinking . While we might discuss / debate them in the CTQ Forum as
well , but they will not show up as CTQs .
One last word and warning on these CTQs . While a CTQ might not show up on a
chapter CTE , it still might show up on
the CTE semester final . So , don’t take any of these CTQs lightly .
Never hesitate to ask questions if you have them !!
Regards ,
Mr. Christman
“ To know what is right and not do it is the worst form of cowardice . ” ~ Anon.
