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    Pre- Writing

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    On-line Tutorial Pre-Writing (This resource was created by Richard Wing‚ Yale University‚ July 2009) Pre-writing is perhaps the most important part of the writing process as it lays a foundation for the writing that is to come. During this stage‚ writers establish the purpose of the work and the audience for whom it will be written as well as their argument and an outline for the piece. It is also a period during which preliminary research on the topic is conducted. Optimal pre-writing strategies

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    Critical Reasoning Quiz

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    1. Sue: Commercial flights currently contribute more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere in one year than does the whole of Africa. If we want to reduce global warming we need to restrict the number of flights we take. Dave: Did you know that by taking one inter-continental flight you cause more pollution than you would in twelve months of car travel? Dave’s response to Sue’s comment serves to A. reinforce Sue’s contention that flights are a major contributor to increased carbon

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    Traditions and Beliefs

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    ancient tradition. Folk Beliefs‚ otherwise known as "Superstitious Beliefs"‚ forms part of a people’s value systems and culture. They basically reflect the customs‚ traditions‚ and mores of a group‚ which has been based on religious beliefs‚ opinions‚ or popular old practices. Also they tell of how a people view the unknown and the Means to appease the gods that control the future. Filipinos still adhere to numerous widely-held folk beliefs that have no scientific or logical basis but maybe backed-up

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    Belief in Allah

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    What is Belief in Allah and its effects      The Islamic faith is based on belief in Allah. When a person believes that the heavens and the earth and the world around him have been created by Him‚ and it is He who is governing them and it is He who will one Day call all mankind to account‚ then this is the beginning of religious awareness. Quite obviously‚ it is necessary that people have a true conception of their Creator. For this‚ they must have knowledge of the rational grounds of His existence

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    John Wesley is a man who is essential to the birth of Methodism. He may be a man standing at the beginning of the Methodist movement and theology. I believe that the trigger to have established Methodist movement‚ Methodist church‚ and United Methodist church in earnest is that John Wesley was convinced the assurance of salvation at Aldersgate experience. It will‚ therefore‚ be one of the most important moments in the history of Methodism‚ especially in the formation of early British Methodism

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    LEARNING CRITICAL THINKER Fair-mindedness is the human tendency to reason in a self-serving or self-deluded manner. UNDERSTANDING ETHICAL REASONING: Ethical principles are not a matter of subjective preference. All reasonable people are obligated to respect clear-cut ethical concepts and principles. To reason well through ethical issues‚ we must know how to apply ethical concepts and principles reasonably to those issues. Ethical concepts and principles should be distinguished from the norms

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    Personal Beliefs

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    our lives around a set of beliefs we have on ourselves‚ on others and on the world around us.  These beliefs shape our decisions‚ thoughts and ultimately our actions then as a result whether we know it or not.  It is beliefs that also shape us into the individuals we are and it is these very beliefs that limit or allow us to change and grow in our lives as well.  We all have them‚ we all have a unique set of beliefs even if many overlap‚ and we often don’t examine our beliefs enough to truly understand

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    Clinician Beliefs

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    become a clinician means that each of these beliefs and values need to be put aside while treating a patient. In order to build a trusting relationship with the client‚ the therapist will need to be able to put themselves into the client ’s position‚ without judging or analyzing the client. The therapist will have to put aside their biases and prejudices in order to suspend their expectations and assumptions. As a human being‚ we are all subject to pre-conceive and anticipate what a person will be

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    Pre-spanish

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    As I’ve read the pre-Spanish era given by Mr.Ralph‚ there are a lot of things I’ve learned‚ things that recalled me about the history of the Philippines and the situation we had in the arms of the Spaniards. First‚ when it comes to the people who were involved in the whole history about our country‚ many of them exert their efforts and their ideas on how things are possible and how it can work. Different places also contributed their ideas to the development of the history by observations that they

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    The Belief Engine

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    In The Belief Engine‚ James Alcock introduces two interesting components in our internal belief engine‚ the Critical-Thinking Unit‚ and the Memory Unit. These two corresponding items work hand and hand to help logical thinkers to understand the world around them through personally analyzing their own past without bias from the Emotional Response Unit‚ or any other conflicting counter-part. Critical thinking is not an innate ability. As mentioned in the article many of us are born with what Alcock

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