Mr. Kuykendall's online classroom
Read the New York Magazine article below by Wesley Yang: http://nymag.com/news/features/asian-americans-2011-5/ Open your Diigo app and save the article to your TOK folder. Highlight the article as you read it. We’ll discuss this article next class!! Some things to consider: What are knowledge questions that …
Correlation vs. Causation The reported health benefits of drinking moderate amounts of red wine have been widely reported in the news over the past decade. https://www.google.com.hk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=eHPJVfCXOdPC8AeKrrjQAw&gws_rd=ssl#q=Health+Benefits+of+Red+Wine The question of course is what is it about wine drinking that increases our health? Wasn’t alcohol meant …
Knowledge questions are a crucial component of the TOK curriculum. Fluency in their construction is necessary for high achievement on both the presentation and essay components of the TOK program. So, in order to practice creating knowledge questions, you’ll go through the following exercise. This …
Yes, watching the Matrix in TOK is definitely cliche, but whatever. It’s just too perfect for furthering our investigation of the Simulation Argument put forth by Philosopher Nick Bostrom of MIT. As well as serve as expanding our understanding of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave …
We talk a lot about ways of knowing and how they contribute to our knowledge. We evaluate knowledge claims. Today, we’re going to do both. Read the article below elucidating Berkeley and Wittgenstein’s concepts vs. materialism (keepin’ it real). Then, we’ll evaluate the claims contained …
Putting the Critical Thinking Puzzle Together In class, we went over a paper 3 in great detail with the goal of demystifying the IB rubric. We generated a great “HOW TO” earn critical thinking points list! It’s reproduced below: Make Connections between perspectives. If you’re …
Creating Quiz Questions are playing jeopardy are great ways to review! So we’re going to create Jeopardy questions and play jeopardy!! Use the Linked, “guide to creating Jeopardy Questions” Below. You need to create 10 Questions from your assigned unit of study! Creating Jeopardy Questions …
Martin Heidegger is considered by many who opine on such things to be one of the greatest philosophers of all time. Certainly one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century. The difficulty in comprehending his work often equals it’s greatness. With the fact that …
What is the value of art?! Since the beginning of human civilization there has always been art. What is it about an “aesthetic experience” that is such a crucial element of the human condition? Philosophy of Art: There have been many philosophers who have …
Research Methods: Paper 3 Read the article on the famous Purdue study on learning methods and retention of information and then answer the accompanying questions below in order to increase your fluency in regard to quantitative and qualitative research methods!! If you Really Want to …