- Describe what you believe are the key differences between the low-performing student and the exemplary student. What is the most important thing low-performing students can do to improve their performance? Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
- Describe one of Paul and Elder’s ideas for improving one’s studies. Explain how you plan to implement this idea in your own studies. Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
- Describe a story that has recently been sensationalized, and explain a key component of sensationalism that was part of the way the story was presented. Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
- Describe the prospects for establishing a “Critical Society” as described by Graham Sumner. Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
- Identify and explain the steps that one must take to be a critical consumer of the news, and describe a time where you failed to be a critical consumer of the news.