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Detecting Logical Fallacies, Part Two
Live course taught by Tammy Parker for Spring 2025 Middle School Critical Thinking
Summary

Learn 13 more 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: This course reviews and builds upon the skills and knowledge acquired in the course Detecting Logical Fallacies, Part One. 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. Students continue the pursuit of combining the concrete with the abstract, utilizing a method that will lead them to further develop a habit of stepping back, analyzing a situation, and thinking logically. By cleverly completing this course, students will solidify their grasp of the first 15 concepts and then learn the details surrounding 13 additional fallacies. Detecting Logical Fallacies, Part Two will further your student’s ability to decipher, analyze, and contend with a complex world using a sound and logical approach.


Special notes

This is Part Two of a two-part course. New students can be accepted mid-year if there are available seats.

Total classes

12

Class dates

Tuesdays, January 14 to April 8, 2025. (No class Feb. 18)

Starting time

4:00 PM Eastern (3:00 PM Central; 2:00 PM Mountain; 1:00 PM Pacific)

Duration

45 minutes

Prerequisites

NONE, although Detecting Logical Fallacies, Part One or equivalent is highly encouraged


Suggested grade level

7th to 9th grade. Mature 6th-grade or interested older High School students are also welcome.

Suggested credit

One full semester Formal Logic

Outline

Course Outline:

Class 1: Course Preview and Review of Part 1

Class 2: Review of Parts 2 & 3

Class 3: Lessons 22 & 23

Class 4: Lessons 24 & 25

Class 5: Lessons 26 & 27

Class 6: Lesson 28 & Prep for Mid-Term

Class 7: Lessons 29 & 30

Class 8: Lessons 31 & 32

Class 9: Lessons 33 & 34

Class 10: Lessons 35 & 36

Class 11: Lessons 37 & 38

Class 12: Review & Prep for Final Exam


Materials

  • 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 is the SAME book as Part One. This course will briefly review the first parts and then cover the last parts of this book in detail.

    ONLINE:

    Join the Quizlet class for this course and utilize its sets on Quizlet.com (Free student accounts are available.) A link to join the specific Quizlet class for this course will be posted on Moodle.



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 the students’ use to check themselves as practice for their weekly work and to prepare for the class discussions.

In addition to the Practice Questions using each Lesson of the book (self-evaluated and reported on Moodle), there are Quizlet Terms/Definitions and Tests: 4 Quizzes, a Mid-Term, and a Final Exam (all graded on Moodle).

 


Fees

Fee: For all 12 classes: $187 if you register on or before November 15, $207 if you register after Nov. 15. (Registration closes one week before the first day of class. After that date, registrations are not guaranteed. There is a $20 surcharge for late enrollments after the course is closed.)

Course name
Detecting Logical Fallacies, Part Two
Instructor
Tammy Parker
Semester
Spring 2025
Category
Logic ➤ Critical Thinking
Grade level
Middle School
Course type
Live
Price
$207
Seats available
28 seats available
Seats remaining
22 seats remaining
Start time
January 14th, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET
End time
April 8th, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET
Access start time
December 31st, 2024 at 12:00 AM ET
Access end time
December 30th, 2025 at 12:00 AM ET
Enrollment availability start time
May 8th, 2024 at 9:11 AM ET
Early enrollment discount ends
November 15th, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET
Late enrollment penalty start time
January 7th, 2025 at 12:00 AM ET
Enrollment availability end time
January 10th, 2025 at 12:00 AM ET
Relative due dates
Relative due dates are disabled for this course.

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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