I intuitively agree with Segal and Spaeth's conclusion that Supreme Court justices are guided in their decision-making by their personal beliefs and attitudes. For one thing, if jurists ideological beliefs were not important, the party of the president who nominated a justice would not matter, which seems clearly at odds with the facts. I also acknowledge the difficulties the authors face in at...

While externalising their thoughts and giving design ideas a physical form, industrial designers make use of various kinds of media, such as drawing on paper, constructing in foam or card, generating computerbased 2D and 3D representations, and so on. The creation of such ‘models’ or ‘representations’ of developmental design ideas fulfils two fundamental roles: to aid communication (mostly to o...

I have been asked to compose an essay on the development of ideas in cortical neurophysiology over the past two decades. That, it seems to me, amounts to writing a paper that is all introduction-no methods, no results -perhaps some discussion. Not a task one undertakes lightly, and I make no guarantees as to the outcome. When asked to reminisce about the good old days, two thoughts occur to me....

Critical thinking provides correct thinking in order to make use of relevant and reliable knowledge about the world. We believe students should become aware of the importance of imagination, decision-making and other higher-order thinking skills which will help them become critical and creative employees. Thus, this study investigates whether or not ELT students could benefit from the critical ...

<p>Research has indicated that questioning is used as an interactive way to engage students in learning English a foreign or second language. In particular, rooted Socratic philosophy, this strategy involves thinking and communicating ideas knowledge others for effective learning. However, teacher classroom context higher education Viet Nam not received much attention. Moreover, teachers’...

In this position paper we argue that electronic book and document readers (H UHDGHUV) open new avenues for computer supported collaborative work. This position draws on our experience building and e-reading with the XLibris “active reading machine,” a portable pen-based computer specialized for the task of reading, critical thinking, and analysis.

The proliferation of digital information resources in recent years challenges consumers with the need to employ critical thinking skills in reading news. This paper suggests an updated perspective to the expression that “the medium is the message” by comparing the ability of high-school and college students to exercise critical thinking skills in reading news in print and digital formats. The m...

This study was an attempt to investigate the comparative impact of two types of teaching approaches, namely content-based (CBI) and task-based (TBLT) instruction on the reading comprehension of Iranian EFL learners. For this purpose, sixty intermediate students from a pool of eighty five students studying at a private language school were chosen using a piloted PET. The students were then rando...