Tag: books
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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads Michael Vazquez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Michael Prinzing, Wake Forest University Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning, according to our new study published in the Journal of the…
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5 premium online research tools all Philly students can use for free
5 premium online research tools all Philly students can use for free Joyce Valenza, Rutgers University Years ago, as a high school librarian in suburban Philadelphia, I hosted a group of honors students from a high school just across the nearby city border. With the support of their alumni association, the city students planned to…
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This course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking
This course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking Sally C. Harris, University of Tennessee Title of course: Whodunit?: Detective Stories What prompted the idea for the course? I had just finished reading one of Dorothy Sayers’ novels – “Gaudy Night,” which in my opinion is one of the best of her detective novels featuring Harriet…
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