In Part I of the assignment, you will read a book excerpt about critical thinking processes, review one (1) Website in order to gather information, and engage in pre-writing to examine your thoughts. In Part II of the assignment, you will write an essay geared towards synthesizing your ideas. As author E.M. Forster said, "How do I know what I think until I see what I say?" Part I Preparation and Pre-writing: Follow the steps below to explore an issue through reading and writing – 1. Read "The Believing Game and How to Make Conflicting Opinions More Fruitful" by Peter Elbow at http://www.procon.org/sourcefiles/believinggame.pdf. Devise strategies for playing the "Believing Game" and the "Doubting Game," which are discussed in the Elbow article. According to the article, "the doubting game represents the kind of thinking most widely honored and taught. It’s the disciplined practice of trying to be as skeptical and analytic as possible with every idea we encounter. The believing game is the mirror image of the doubting game or critical thinking. It’s the disciplined practice of trying to be as welcoming as possible to every idea we encounter." 2. Select one (1) of the issues from ProCon.org that your professor has approved as a topic choice for your essay. Go to www.procon.org, scroll to the list of issues, click on the issue you selected, and read the background information section on the issue. Part - I Devising Strategies 1. Believing Game: The believing game is the mirror image of the doubting game or critical thinking. It’s the disciplined practice of trying to be as welcoming as possible to every idea we encounter.” It helps to underestimate the loopholes present. Strategies which make believing game are: 1. It posses with three main thinking notions of believing factor like from where the information got outsourced, is the factor reliable, Is it easy to believe the information processed.
