Cape Fear Community College

 

THE FIRST ANNUAL CAPE FEAR

CRITICAL THINKING Symposium

November 7, 2008      WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Hosted by CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 

Are you interested in presenting your ideas at the symposium? If you have strategies that have proven effective in developing, challenging, and assessing students’ critical thinking skills, please consider sharing these strategies at the symposium. There are three opportunities for your active participation in the symposium:

• Conduct a presentation at a concurrent session (50-60 minutes)

• Facilitate an interactive workshop (80-90 minutes)

• Lead a roundtable discussion (45 minutes)

If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please download and complete this PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM. Please email the completed submission form to Jason Chaffin (QEP Director, Cape Fear Community College) at jchaffin@cfcc.edu.

Deadline for Proposal Submissions: MAY 31, 2008

Registration costs for the symposium will be waived for all presenters and workshop facilitators.

The First Annual Cape Fear Critical Thinking Symposium will focus on the following themes:

  • CT You Can Use: What really encourages students to think critically in our classrooms?  What individual and group activities help to develop students’ CT skills?  How can we address different learning styles and CT?  How does encouraging active learning encourage CT?  What are some CT activities that can be used in any discipline?  What are the best discipline-specific CT activities?
  • CT You Can Prove: What are the most effective ways of assessing our students’ CT skills?  How much can we expect our students to improve their CT skills in one unit of instruction or in one course?  What’s the most effective CT assessment feedback for students?  How can we Pre-test and Post-test our students’ CT skills?  How can we best document and analyze students’ CT skills?

The Cape Fear Critical Thinking Symposium will be held Friday, November 7, at Cape Fear Community College’s North Campus, located just minutes from Wilmington, North Carolina and area beaches. 

Registration Begins July 1, 2008

CFCC's Critical Thinking/QEP Page