Discussion Question #3- Week 16

3) Pick one concept from throughout the semester that you feel can use further discussion.


One concept that I feel could be elaborated on more in the semester is compound claims- the whole chapter. There was a lot of information in that chapter whether it be about the contradictory of a claim or conditional claims or contrapositive or denying the antecedent or slippery slope argument or reasoning from hypothesis. All of chapter 6 was very important and good information to know. 
I feel that a lot of the concepts in this chapter are easy to understand however they can be confusing because some definitions are very similar. Also, the reasoning in a chain and slippery slope section is very interesting to me and I would have liked to do more exercises on it or something like that. 
The part that was most confusing for me that could use further discussion is the section of valid and weak forms of arguments using conditionals. This part has 4 different ways of evaluations whether the argument is valid or weak by using conditionals. 

Discussion Question #2- Week 16

2) What was your favorite thing about the class?  What was your least favorite thing about the class?  How can this class be improved?  Again, be specific.


My favorite thing about this class was the postings that we were to do in discussion week. The questions we were to answer for each chapter or about the class were very open ended questions and i feel it gave me a chance to show what i have learned either within that chapter or overall. I enjoyed being able to answer the open ended questions without there being a right or wrong answer. 
My least favorite thing about this class was the 12 hour time slot within posts. I know that part of taking an online class is to utilize your time and organize your time during the week and of course make time to do the work that needs to be done. However, going to school and working during the day, it is very hard to make sure i am able to fulfill that 12 hour time slot. Sometimes i would have to set an alarm for the middle of the night just so id be able to fulfill my posting for that week within the time we are given. We all have busy weeks and i feel the 12 hour time slot makes it a lot harder to make sure that we fulfill our posts and points for the week. 
This class can be improved by not making a time slot as how far  apart posts need to be posted, making the weeks from sunday to sunday, and making the final be online as well. 

Discussion Question #1- Week 16

1) What have you learned in this class over the course of the semester?  Be specific. 


After taking this Comm. class, i have learned a lot over the semester. In addition to taking Comm. 41 i also took Comm. 40 this semester and a lot of the concepts that I was learning, i happened to be learning in both classes to a certain extent- So it was like doubling learning for me. 
Specifically in this class i enjoyed learning about what specifically a claim is and the in depth details of a claim and how a claim can be used. I also enjoyed learning about what exactly an argument is and how an argument can be strong/weak, and valid. Everyone knows how to argue its just in our nature to be able to argue and defend ourselves, however there are specific details in an argument that we might not know about; and this class gave me that insight on the in depth detail about arguments. 
Overall, i thought this class gave me an overall good insight on what is right and wrong in arguing and how to argue correctly. Aslo, how to evaluate an argument with specific details and concepts that we have learned throughout the semester. 
I enjoyed this class, although it was an online class which made it a little hard to really interact with fellow students and made it a bit harder to meet with our group and sometimes made it hard to fully understand that material without the professor lecturing or explaining face to face; this class was overall easy to understand.