PDF handout of the 32 Powerpoints - Mark Fullmer

6/5/2012Developmental ReadingYou have made many conclusions in your life.Maybe you ate a barbeque from a streetvendor, but right after leaving you had extremestomach pain. Maybe you concluded that thefood was not properly cooked. Or maybe youconcluded that someone had poisoned thefood. How can you be sure you made the rightconclusion?This lesson focuses on learning how to makethe right conclusions. To do this, you need to:1. Evaluate all the details2. Use your past experiences of similarsituations3. Consider all possible causes4. Select the most likely conclusionFor example, if you know the detail that thestreet vendor is a nice person, you candisregard the possibility that he poisoned thefood. However, there is still the possibility thatanother customer poisoned the food. If thestreet vendor was carefully guarding the food,this possibility is unlikely. Therefore, the mostlikely answer is that the food was not properlycooked.First, evaluate all the details:1. A student was caught cheating.2. His parents were summoned to a meetingwith the principal.3. He did not attend classes anymore.Second, review your experience/knowledge1. I know that cheating is prohibited at school.2. I know that students caught cheating will bepunished/sanctioned.3. I know that the principal is very, very strictabout cheating1