Critical Thinking, Reading,
and Writing
By the end of first year composition,
students should
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Use writing and reading for inquiry,
learning, thinking, and communicating
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Understand a writing assignment as
a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing
appropriate primary and secondary sources
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Integrate their own ideas with those
of others
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Understand the relationships among
language, knowledge, and power
Faculty in all programs and departments
can build on this preparation by helping students learn
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The uses of writing as a critical thinking
method
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The interactions among critical thinking,
critical reading, and writing
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The relationships among language, knowledge,
and power in their fields