Fall 2010 Critical Thinking Research Topics

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Topics for Fall 2011

• Medicinal Marijuana 2
• Capital Punishment 1
• Immigration Policy 2
• Resolving the NBA lockout 2
• Should college athletes be paid? 5
• Drinking Age 7
• Voting Age 0
• Is Overpopulation a Problem? 7
• Child Soldiers 0
• Problems and Solutions to Increasing Global Literacy. 0
• Child Labor/Trafficking 8
• Can Colleges become more efficient? Rising costs/benefits of college education. 7
• Genetically modified foods, hazards of 0
• College admissions pressures, alternatives, comparisons 6
• Is technology harming us? 3
• Whaling regulations 1
• Is inequality growing? Is it a problem? 0
• Deforestation of rainforest. 1

Suggested topic? Should US kill it's own citizens with drones and without due process of law? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/world/middleeast/secret-us-memo-made-legal-case-to-kill-a-citizen.html?_r=1&hp

Finding Format

A "finding" is just a particular result of research work. An article, book, website, report, etc. can each be a "finding" it you decide that the source plays some significant role in the inquiry. When you are ready to post a finding, click on the edit tab above, copy from the line below through the four dash ("-") signs, and then paste it in for each finding you plan to post.

Finding Title

(For example, "Harms of Global Warming" or "General Book on Global Warming". Consider subtitles to give your finding some specificity)

Finding and Link (Citation in MLA format, with enduring link if possible, at least with as much publication information as you have.)

Summary/Reconstruction (Identify key ideas, reconstruct arguments and explanations, indicate the type of information you found -- research, news, background, editorial, etc. Pay particular attention to the point of view of the source or publication.)

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