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Creative and Critical Thinking
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 8:00 - 3:00 - University Union


Agenda:

Time Location Session Speaker Topic
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and Refreshments
8:30 – 8:45 Phoenix B Opening Remarks Heidi Fencl and Kris Vespia
8:45 – 10:15 Phoenix B Keynote Workshop Craig Nelson:
A Professor Emeritus of Biology at Indiana University and a Carnegie Scholar. His teaching papers address critical thinking and mature valuing, diversity, active learning, teaching evolution and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Awards include several for distinguished teaching, the President's Medal for Excellence (IU), and Outstanding Research and Doctoral University Professor of The Year 2000 (Carnegie/CASE).		 Fostering Critical Thinking: Sophistication in thinking is prerequisite to many of the goals of liberal and professional education including critical thinking, mature valuing, effective communication, a responsible self and collaborative interpersonal interactions. The basic question for faculty is: Why are sophisticated ways of thinking so difficult for students to acquire? We will examine a major framework for fostering critical thinking: intellectual and ethical development (especially Perry; Belenky et al. and Baxter Magolda) However, help with cognitive frameworks is only half of our challenges as teachers. For most students, critical thinking is a deeply social enterprise. The most dramatic gains by far come changes that also carefully structured discussion and other aspects of social dynamics. An underlying theme will be that critical thinking can often be fostered best by increasing the ratio of support offered for a given level of challenge. These approaches markedly increase cognitive (and holistic) development achievement, equity and retention. Writing and peer discussion will help make sure that participants go home with new ideas that can be implemented in their classes immediately.
10:30-11:15 Concurrent Session 1
  1965 Room 1A Craig Nelson Fostering Critical Thinking II
  Phoenix A 1B

Phillip Motley
Vera Kolb		 Assessment of Creative and Critical Thinking:
  • Assessing the Aesthetic vs. the Technical in the Digital Arts Phillip Motley
  • Assessment of Misconceptions
  Phoenix C 1C Jennifer Zapf & Adolfo Garica Strategies for Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking: The Influence of Student Technology Proficiency and Prior Clicker Use on Student Engagement and Perceptions of Learning: An Empirical Investigation Using Student Response Systems in the Classroom.
103 1D Gary Don Promoting Creative and Critical Thinking in the Major: Fostering Creativity through Music Composition Projects.
11:30 - 12:15pm Concurrent Session 2
  1965 Room 2A Craig Nelson Fostering Critical Thinking II
  Phoenix A 2B Lucy Arendt Assessment of Creative and Critical Thinking: Assessing Critical Thinking: Yes, It Can Be Done!
  Phoenix C 2C David Voelker Strategies for Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking: Using Clickers to Increase Engagement and Critical Thinking in Large Classes.
  103 2D

Bob Eirman
Kate Burns
Jeni Mokren

Scholarship on Creative and Critical Thinking:

  • Creativity in Scholarship and Teaching in Various Disciplines
  • Can Multiple Choice Exams Be Equivalent to Short Answer Exams
  • Promoting and Measuring Creativity in the College Classroom
12:15 – 1:30 Phoenix B Lunch
    Luncheon Address Jeff Entwistle
A Full Professor in Design, Production Scenic and Lighting Design, an Academic Advisor at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. Jeff has a B.A. in Theatre from Bridgewater State College, and a M.F.A. in Theatre Design from Michigan State University.		 Creative Thinking in Theatre Design
1:45 – 2:30 Concurrent Session 3
  1965 Room 3A   Promoting Creative and Critical Thinking in General Education and First Year Courses:
      Saduna Anasuri
John Koker
Kristin Schaupp
  • Q-R-C-L: A Method for Learning More With Less
  • Creating a Classroom Atmosphere that Promotes Critical Thinking
  • Using Philosophy as a Model for Critical Thinking in GE Courses
  Phoenix A 3B Shari Ellertson & Dona Warren Assessment of Creative and Critical Thinking: Participating in a Critical Thinking Course: Is It Related to Performance on a Standardized Critical Thinking Test.
  Phoenix C 3C

Ellen Rosewall
Sang Um Nam
Lloyd Noppe		 Strategies for Promoting Creative and Critical Thinking:
  • Encouraging Creative and Critical Thinking Through Classroom Modeling
  • Promoting Creative and Critical Thinking in Graphical Software Classes
  • Teaching a Course on the Development of Creative and Critical Thinking
2:30 – 2:45
 Phoenix B Closing Remarks and
Evaluation		 Kris Vespia