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Category Archives: informed decision making
Fake News Confronted by Educators, World Wide Newspapers and the Columbus Metropolitan Club.
Schools are teaching their students to investigate the news they read Continue reading
Posted in conversation, critical thinking, education, family, high schools, holidays, information, informed decision making, journalism, Learning, newspapers, reading classes, schools, skepticism, speed reading, teachers, writing
Tagged Checkology, Columbus Metropolitan Club, internet, journalism, news, News Literacy Project, politics, research, The Columbus Dispatch, The Nation, The Seattle Times
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Masters of Deceit–How to Trust?
In 1958 J. Edgar Hoover wrote a classic “Masters of Deceit.” Now days there are a lot of Masters of Deceit. How do we find what is true? Continue reading
Why Getting the Big Picture Is Essential
Earlier blogs have given hints on increasing speed and comprehension. One of our big concepts is that of getting the Gestalt. The Gestalt is the concept that details are easier to remember and comprehension is better by first seeing the … Continue reading
Posted in decision making, informed decision making, miitary intelligence, military, speed reading, speedreading
Tagged adult learners, Defense Intelligence Agency, gestalt, government courses, Intelligence Analysts, layering process, military courses, road construction, Speed Read, speed reading, speedreading
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How to Avoid Deception
“You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.”—Harry S. Truman This a re-post of one of our first blogs. But … Continue reading
Posted in critical thinking, educated, informed decision making, reading, reading classes, skepticism, speed reading, speedreading
Tagged Deception, Fact Check, Factcheck, hard copy, hard news, headline news, headlines, Information, journalism, journals, Lie, news, Newspaper, newspapers, online reading, open mind, Primary source, print reading, publications, rumors, skepticism, Snopes, speed reader, speed reading, speed reading lessons, speedreader, speedreading, student learners
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