PCR0025 CRITICAL THINKING TRIMESTER 1, 2012/2013 CLASS PROJECTS

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (15%)

This is a group project. Form a group consisting of 5 students. Objectives: To think critically about any issue and to come up with practical suggestion for the betterment/improvement of the issue. Directions: Select any issue, such as anything related to education, legal, social, culture, people, economy, psychology, or everyday life events etc. Critically analyze the issue by referring to the concepts and research findings available in books and database and make your conclusion and suggestions. Use APA style for your essay writing Pages: 10 pages maximum Marks: Marks will be given for critical analysis, APA compliance, originality, work organization, and presentation of the assignment. Any type of plagiarism is penalized. Front Page should include: Course Code: PCR0025 Course Title: Critical Thinking Topic: Selected issue Group: (eg:PT01-03/PL01-03) Group Name: (please give a name to your group) List of group members Name and ID. Lecturers Name: Submission Date: 3 August 2012 (week 8)

CLASS PRESENTATION (15%)

This is a group project. Form a group consisting of 5 students. Objective: To expand students presentation skill in convincing others about their argumentative topic. Direction: With the same topic that you choose for written assignment, present it in front of the class in 10-minute time and allocate another 10 minutes for question and answer session. The presentation will be in the form of video presentation. Your video must be produced by yourself and not being downloaded from internet or other sources. Your presentation will start in Week 6 of the session. Marks: Marks will be given for convincing ideas, originality, teamwork, and question and answer session.