Research and Critical Thinking

AP Seminar is a foundational course that engages students in cross-curricular conversations that explore the complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues by analyzing divergent perspectives. Using an inquiry framework, students practice reading and analyzing articles, research studies, and foundational, literary, and philosophical texts, listening to and viewing speeches, broadcasts, and personal accounts, and experiencing artistic works and performances.

This course is a college preparatory program for students with a 2.0 – 3.5 GPA who desire to take rigorous college prep classes.

This course is a college preparatory program for students with a 2.0 – 3.5 GPA who desire to take rigorous college prep classes.

This course is a college preparatory program for students with a 2.0 – 3.5 GPA who desire to take rigorous college prep classes.

This course is a college preparatory program for students with a 2.0 – 3.5 GPA who desire to take rigorous college prep classes.

The purpose of this course is to prepare learners for positive engagement with our rapidly changing world. Learners broaden their outlook through the critical analysis of – and reflection on – issues of global significance. The Cambridge International syllabus is based on skills rather than on specific content. Learners develop research, thinking, reasoning, and communication skills by following an approach to analyzing and evaluating arguments and perspectives called the Critical Path. Collaborative skills are enhanced through participation in a team project.

The purpose of this course involves the development of a range of transferable thinking skills and processes. These skills are valuable and relevant within other subjects as well as being essential for further and higher education. It should engage students in the study of the language of reasoning by identifying reasons, evaluating reasoning of different kinds, recognizing and evaluating assumptions, clarifying expressions and ideas, and the production of reasoning appropriate to a given task.

The purpose of this course involves the development of a range of transferable thinking skills and processes for solving problems, critical thinking and reasoning. These skills are valuable and relevant within other subjects as well as being essential for further and higher education. This course aims to encourage students to apply these skills to realistic scenarios and to develop students’ abilities to understand and engage confidently in argument and reasoning. This course should engage students in the study of the language of reasoning by identifying reasons, evaluating reasoning of different kinds, recognizing and evaluating assumptions, clarifying expressions and ideas, and the production of reasoning appropriate to a given task.

AP Research allows students to deeply explore an academic topic, problem, or issue of individual interest. Through this exploration, students design, plan, and conduct a year-long research-based investigation to address a research question.

The purpose of this course is to develop career planning competencies, enabling students to make informed career choices and develop the skills needed to successfully plan and apply for college or a job.

The purpose of this course is to provide the foundation for, and practice of, good study habits and to develop the skills needed to process information, complete assignments accurately and perform well on tests.

The purpose of this course is to study the development of short and long-term educational goals, the nature of learning, the nature of study skills, strategies for specific study skills improvement and improvement in content areas, the problems associated with critical thinking and their solutions, problem solving, group-discussion guidelines, the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge, and research skills. In addition, the purpose of this Pre-IB course is to prepare students for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.

Personal and professional skills is designed for students to develop attitudes, skills and strategies to be applied to personal and professional situations and contexts now and in the future. In this course the emphasis is on skills development for the workplace, as these are transferable and can be applied in a range of situations.

This course challenges students in the areas of thinking, intercultural understanding, communication, and personal development. Students are led to make connections among their classroom and non-classroom knowledge and experience. Students will develop good intellectual habits, practical problem-solving skills, ethical, creative, and lateral thinking skills, self-awareness, reflection skills, and an understanding that many questions, issues, or problems do not always have simple right or wrong answers.

This course aims to develop responsibility, practical problem-solving, good intellectual habits, ethical understanding, perseverance, resilience, an appreciation of identity and perspective and an understanding of the complexity of the modern world.

Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives provided opportunities for inquiry into, and reflection on, key global issues from different perspectives; personal, local/national and global. The course encourages awareness of global problems and offers a range of opportunities to explore solutions through cooperation and collaboration.

The purpose of this course is to provide students with skills necessary to produce basic research.

The purpose of this course is to provide an understanding of research design and basic data collection.

The purpose of this course is to provide knowledge about using community, Internet and library research sources in identifying topics and developing hypotheses. This course will also provide instruction in data collection and use.