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Detecting Logical Fallacies, Part One with Tammy Parker
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Logic ➤ Critical Thinking
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High School, Middle School
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Learn 15 different logical fallacies -- and develop the skills, tools, and habits of stepping back, analyzing a situation, and thinking logically and clearly. Critical thinking is a must for all students!
Instructor: Tammy Parker
Course Description: Now is a great time to introduce informal logic and critical thinking skills! During late Middle School or early High School, a student's brain has reached a point of neurological development where he or she is ready to grapple with and consider material logically. This course combines the concrete with the abstract with a method that will lead your student to develop a habit of stepping back, analyzing a situation, and thinking logically. By skillfully and methodically completing this course, your student will know the concepts surrounding 15 different fallacies -- and gain the ability to decipher, analyze, and contend with logical fallacies. Following this course, continue exploring the topic by signing up for Detecting Logical Fallacies, Part Two.
Students require BOTH the book AND the online access listed below.
BOOK:
The Fallacy Detective by Nathaniel & Hans Bluedorn
ISBN: 9780974531595 OR 9780974531571.
Note: Utilizing a used copy of any edition that contains all the lessons (even if the Lessons are numbered differently) is fine and often more affordable (see BookFinder.com).
This course covers the first parts of this book (Part Two will briefly review the first parts and then cover the last parts).
- Course name
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Detecting Logical Fallacies, Part One with Tammy Parker
- Instructor
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Tammy Parker
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Recorded
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Logic ➤ Critical Thinking
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High School, Middle School
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Mike Parker
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September 3rd, 2025 at 11:30 AM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
- Relative due dates
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Special notes
This is a cross-over class for both Older Middle School and High School students.
This is Part One of a two-part course. Students are also encouraged to register for Part Two.
Total classes
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Prerequisites
None
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Suggested credit
Outline
Course Outline:
Class 1: Introduction & Lesson 1
Class 2: Lessons 2 & 3
Class 3: Lessons 4 & 5
Class 4: Lessons 6 & 7
Class 5: Lessons 8 & 9
Class 6: Lesson 10 & Prep for Mid-Term
Class 7: Lessons 11 & 12
Class 8: Lessons 13 & 14
Class 9: Lessons 15 & 16
Class 10: Lessons 17 & 18
Class 11: Lessons 19 & 20
Class 12: Lesson 21 & Prep for Final Exam
Materials
Homework
Students will work on about two chapters per week. Parents should note that the answer key in the back of the textbook is for students to self-grade as practice for their weekly work and to prepare for the class discussions. In addition to the Practice Questions using each of the textbook’s lessons (self-evaluated and reported on Caravel), there are Quizlet Terms/Definitions and Tests: 4 Quizzes, a Mid-Term, and a Final Exam (all graded on Caravel).
Tammy Parker
tparker@pmamentor.com
Tammy Parker teaches Mathematics (Gamified), Business & Entrepreneurship, Career Explorations, Literature, and Logic. She is the founder of Professional Mentor Associates (PMA), which offers Accountability Mentoring, Mom Mentoring, Tutoring, Homeschool Consulting, and Career Exploration Mentoring.
Tammy has a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Michigan State University. Over the past thirty years, while homeschooling her six children & beyond, her true passion for education and mentoring became evident.
She shares her experience and expertise to help others succeed and ignite their own passion for becoming lifelong learners.
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