Common Core @USM-LAC  Tags: lewiston gen_ed common_core  

1. Know how to acquire information

2. Know how to evaluate websites and print sources

3. Understand the difference between scholarly and popular sources

4. Know there resources beyond Google and ASP

5. know how to avoid plagiarism: cite a reference in APA/MLA format; find the citing resources on the library website

A Brief Review of the Literature on Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, and Communication (Eastern Kentucky University)

Course Description:  This entry phase, second-tier writing instruction course introduces students to criteria for identifying and constructing well-reasoned arguments, fosters the discovery and use of student’s critical/analytical voice in their writing, and develops skills for incorporating and interpreting the views of others while positioning themselves regarding contested issues in popular culture and in society at large...Students explore the analysis of different genres (e.g., visual texts and other products of popular culture; academic essays vs. newspaper articles).  The course highlights the importance of generating good questions, integrating multiple perspectives, and tolerating ambiguity when seeking to understand complex issues... 

Note: this is an Information Literacy-intensive course.

LCC 200 Fall 2009 guide (Raimon)

LCC 200 Fall 2009 guide (Hitchcock)