Chapter 7 Part 1

In Chapter 7 of Launching the Imagination by Mary Stewart, she talks about developing critical thinking. I believe on all syllabuses that are handed out at WSU, under university learning goals, the first thing that it listed is “critical and creative thinking”. Stewart says the “establishing criteria” is the first step (140). Stewart lists out questions that makes the student think what teachers try to do. One of the questions listed are “What is the purpose of the assignment?” which can be answered in many different ways. To me, the purpose of any assignment is to apply skills that I know or will learn in order to complete the assignment.