"An Inconvenient Truth": Counter-Evidence
| dc.contributor.author | Kuby, Emma | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-12-03T00:05:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-12-03T00:05:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_US |
| dc.description | A winner of the Knight Award for Writing Exercises and Handouts, this work originates from the Department of History, Hist 1105, The Problem of Violence in Western Political Thought, 1776-2001. In history—as in other disciplines—an ability to deal frankly and convincingly with facts that don't seem to "fit" is a hallmark of truly excellent writing. A vigorous, conscious process of trying to engage with counter-evidence can also help students enormously in refining their theses as they proceed through multiple drafts of a paper. This in-class exercise is designed to give students an opportunity to develop their skills in working with counter-evidence. The handout explains what counter-evidence is and provides some strategies for dealing with it successfully. A group writing activity then allows students to try out some of these strategies for themselves, and to reflect on the results. 6 page pdf | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/34567 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.title | "An Inconvenient Truth": Counter-Evidence | en_US |
| dc.type | learning object | en_US |
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