Resources for Social Sciences Inquiry 1SS3

• Critical Thinking and Analyses
• Essay Writing
• Communications
• Self-Directed Learning
• Other Inquiry Courses

Critical Thinking and Analyses

• Bonnie Potts (1994) "Strategies for Teaching Critical Thinking" ERIC/AE Digest. ED385606 Feb ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, Washington, DC. [online] http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed385606.html
• Collins, Norma Decker (1993) "Teaching Critical Reading through Literature." ERIC Digest. ED363869 ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication, Bloomington, IN. [online] http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed363869.html
• Hirose, Shannon (1992) "Critical Thinking in Community Colleges." ERIC Digest. Sep ED348128 ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, Calif. [online] http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed348128.html
• Badger, Elizabeth; Thomas, Brenda (1992) "Open-Ended Questions in Reading." ERIC/TM Digest.ED355253 Dec. ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation, Washington, DC. [online] http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed355253.html
• ISS Learning Centre, "Thinking Like a Genius" University of St. Thomas [online] at: http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/Genius.htm
• Laurance J. Splitter (1995) 'On the theme of “Teaching for Higher Order Thinking Skills” 'Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines Summer, Vol. XIV, No. 4 [online] http://www.shss.montclair.edu/inquiry/summ95/splitter.html
• Walter C. Veit (1995) "Culture Against Critical Thinking: Help Wanted ” Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines Summer, Vol. XIV, No. 4 [online] http://www.shss.montclair.edu/inquiry/summ95/veit.html

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Essay Writing

• Writing Essays and Reports - David Palmer, Centre for Student Development, McMaster University
• How to Write Student Essays Critically - English Course at Texas Tech University, 1996
• Centre for Writing, Math, and Study Skills - Lehigh University
• Constructing Your Research Paper - choosing a topic, finding background information, books, articles, resources on the Web, using bibliographies, evaluating your sources, creating your own bibliography. (Deborah Murphy, University Library, Santa Cruz, California)
• Nuts and Bolts Guide to College Writing
• Start Your Research Paper Here (Select a topic; find background material; find books and articles; find other resources; evaluate sources; use a style manual; ask for help) (Perry Library, Old Dominion University)
• Dr. Gwen's Research Paper Information Page
• Internet Research Assistant
• Using and Acknowledging Sources in Essays - David Palmer, Centre for Student Development, McMaster University
• Keeping Up With the Reading: Reading speed, Reading efficiently, Getting good comprehension - David Palmer, Centre for Student Development, McMaster University

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Communications

• Making Class Presentations - David Palmer, Centre for Student Development, McMaster University

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Self-Directed Learning

• Bibliography on Self-Directed Learning (Roger Hiemstra, Syracuse University)
• Hiemstra, R. (1994). Self-directed learning. In T. Husen & T. N. Postlethwaite (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Education (second edition), Oxford: Pergamon Press. Reprinted here by permission.
• Roger Hiemstra & Ralph Brockett, From behaviorism to humanism: Incorporating self-direction in learning concepts into the instructional design process. In H. B. Long & Associates, New ideas about self-directed learning. Norman, OK: Oklahoma Research Center for Continuing Professional and Higher Education, University of Oklahoma, 1994.
• Learning to Learn
• Learning Technologies in Support of Self-Directed Learning (Gerhard Fischer and Eric Scharff, Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 4, 1998)
• Self-Directed Learning (Division of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Sydney at McArthur)
• Self Directed Learning in General Practice (Peter Burrows and Bob Mortimer, United Kingdom)
• Self-Directed Learning Home Page (Terry Redding, Palm Beach Atlantic College, West Palm Beach, Florida)
• Teaching Learners to be Self-Directed (Gerald Grow, in Adult Education Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 3, Spring 1991, pp. 125-149)

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Other Inquiry Courses

• Argument and Persuasion: Classical Rhetoric and Modern Media (Professor Barry Eckhouse)
• Case Studies in Science (State University of New York at Buffalo)
• Communication Inquiry (Professor David Ritchie, Portland State University)
• IDS 100: Foundations of Inquiry (Professor Michael Sublett, Illinois State University)
• Looking at Inquiry (Virtual Professional Development in Science Education)
• Methods of Inquiry (Thurgood Marshall College at University of California, San Diego)
• Natural Science Inquiry (Portland State University)
• Physics by Inquiry (University of Rochester)
• School-Based Inquiry (Social Science Inquiry Based on K-12 School Projects)
• Social Work: Systematic Inquiry and the Evaluation of Information

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