Hi Bruce,

Thank you for your review of my article. I appreciate your notation regarding the APA formatting of the Bible citation. As to the "percentage of responses" that were "substantive," I have found no student responses to either the original poll/quiz, or the results post, that were not substantive (the reasoning is not always well formed, but the opinions are fully articulated and substantively explain the students perspective). I should have included a notation to this effect in the article. I attribute this to the fact that student's are asked to voluntarily respond with their honest opinions. Several students have gone to some lengths to defend their positions when the results are posted and they are made aware of the intended link between the questions. In one class I added an additional scenario regarding perception and reality that generated further dialogue and discussion with substantive interchange.

Blessings,

Ron Steadman  

Ronald,

Thank you for your research on this topic. Your point about the use of parabolic scenarios is very helpful and one that I am going to incorporate more in my classroom. I teach a N.T. historical background class and am trying to find better ways to make the DB forums more engaging. Since the class covers the history of the N.T., I have found it challenging to encourage students to interact with the material rather than just regurgitate it. Proposing parabolic scenarios though I think will help encourage students to find ways to apply what they are learning to the real world.  

thanks again for the research!

Marcus  Little

Ronald, thank you for your submission of this topic. Critical thinking is a vital skill for all of us to learn. I enjoyed reading your paper. Would the title be estabilshingan atmopshere vs. and atmosphere? I liked your abstract, but felt there was a bit of a disconnect between the abstract and the introduction section. It would have been great to stay on the theme of metacognition vs. Liberity Mutual and Lasagna. I, also, felt this took some of the scholarly tone out of the article. 

Someone mentioned APA-when you directly quote as you did Austin on pg 4 don't forget to include your p. # for the quote. 

It would have been great to explore a bit more the premise of critical thinking in the article as the title mentions. It seemed the bulk of the body of the article was on the quiz poll. A bit more research supporting critical thinking and the quiz poll would be great to tie it all together. 

But I enjoyed your work. 

Hi Marcus,

Thank you for your encouraging comments. I am glad you found some ideas worth consideration for your New Testament historical background class. Finding ways to help students engage the material / concepts beyond mere cognition is something with which we all struggle. Leading students to fully engage the Word of God is an essential endeavor and a high calling.

Blessings,

Ron S.

HI Lisa,

Thank you for reading and commenting on my submission. You are correct, the title should be "an" and not "and"; I would like to blame the error on my computer keyboard, but it was my mistake and I sincerely thank you for pointing it out.

I also appreciate you suggestion regarding the further development of the concept of metacognition; I will take your sage advice into consideration in future rewrites. I struggled with the introduction and its lack of scholarly tone and was torn on how to best introduce the paper. I opted for an attention getter to draw interest.

Thank you for the APA Style pointer. I could not find page numbers on the web address I listed in the Reference Section.

I am glad you enjoyed the article and will try to tie critical thinking to the quiz/poll better if the article is chosen for rewrite.

Thank you for your thorough review of my writing; your comments and concerns are extremely valuable. 

Blessings,

Ron S.

Hi Ron,

Thank you for sharing this article. I appreciate your boldness in tying strong academic issues such as the need for critical thinking with the Word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  As academics we should never be shy about connecting academic pursuits and our Christian heritage.

I'm an instructor on Ethical and Legal Aspects of Business with the College of Business at GCU and I am also working with Prison Fellowship, as National Director for Corrrections, leading a training program for prison CEOs (wardens) on transformational leadership for managers and moral rehabilitation for inmates, called Warden Exchange.  

I'm totally focused on critical thinking, which I believe is the least we can do for our students and others we are training, rather than lecturing and expecting people to memorize things.  Thus, I enjoyed reading about your quiz/poll, which gave me some ideas to apply in my work. I want to capture the attention of people, and give them something not only for their class but for life.  Your contribution does that.   I liked your observations that the parables of Jesus were meant to be understood.  So often people want to impress others with incomprehensible statements or lectures, which misses the point.   Your discussion of worldview was excellent. 

Thank you so much and God bless you,

Pedro 

Hi Pedro,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on my article. God is using you in many areas; I hope some of the thoughts I presented will assist you in your classes and your ministry. You stated "As academics we should never be shy about connecting academic pursuits and our Christian heritage;" I could not agree more. We are called to a living, active faith that has application to all areas of life and learning.

Blessings,

Ron S