Read “Common Core” and “The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core Standards.”
Read “Common Core” and “The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core Standards.”
Perform a critical analysis of each reading using critical thinking techniques from this week’s readings.
Respond to the following based on your critical thinking analysis of the “Common Core” and “The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core State Standards” readings.
1) Define the term conclusion.
2) What is the conclusion of each article?
3) Define the term premises.
4) What premises support the conclusions in each article?
5) How convincing is the conclusion of each article? Explain your answer.
6) Define the term biases.
7) What biases did you observe in each article? Why do you think they are biases?
8) What might be the sources of the biases in each article?
What biases did you observe in each article? Why do you think they are biases? Each article put forth a generous amount of bias to protect their arguments. The Common Core article was only portraying information beneficial to keeping common core standards in place. The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core Standards article also only portrayed information reflective of their side of the argument. Both articles are guilty of not allowing the reader an opportunity to evaluate information from a neutral perspective. The articles are bias because they are portrayed to prove only one perspective. 8) What might be the sources of the biases in each article? The source of the biases in e