Module D'Activité - Erreurs logiques
Topic: Logic & reasoning
Activity: Arguing Badly
This activity uses relatable examples to help students identify good and bad ways of reasoning in order to help them improve their own thought processes and evaluate others' arguments. This is a critical skill in scientific research as well as being very important in interpersonal communication.
Length: 1 hour
Activity: Arguing Badly
This activity uses relatable examples to help students identify good and bad ways of reasoning in order to help them improve their own thought processes and evaluate others' arguments. This is a critical skill in scientific research as well as being very important in interpersonal communication.
Length: 1 hour
| Activity Plan - Logical Fallacies |
| Lesson Guide - Logial Fallacies |
BrainReach North – Activity Plan
Title: Arguing Badly
Date of last revision: 15 February 2015
Developers: Emily
Length: 60 minutes
Required materials: Powerpoint slides from the Downloads tab.
Preparation: None required.
General objectives and relationship to QC curriculum:
This activity aims to help students understand how to make and recognize valid arguments.
Progressions of learning, Strategies:
A. Exploration Strategies.
Helping students appreciate these issues can support all classwork, in science and in other subjects.
Performance objectives:
Title: Arguing Badly
Date of last revision: 15 February 2015
Developers: Emily
Length: 60 minutes
Required materials: Powerpoint slides from the Downloads tab.
Preparation: None required.
General objectives and relationship to QC curriculum:
This activity aims to help students understand how to make and recognize valid arguments.
Progressions of learning, Strategies:
A. Exploration Strategies.
Helping students appreciate these issues can support all classwork, in science and in other subjects.
Performance objectives:
- Provide examples of several logical fallacies.
- Identify logical fallacies in real-life discussions.
- Explain why logical fallacies are incorrect ways to think and argue, and why they cause problems when people try to make decisions.
