W.J. Rosser
W.J. Rosser is a freelance writer and novelist currently living in Orange County, California. With more than twenty years spent educating in institutional, business, and homeschooling settings, he's become quite opinionated about education's process and product. A spirited rhetorician fully committed to reasoned argumentation as a means to reach the best conclusions, he can often be found in conversations with complete strangers attempting to provoke thought and avoid punches.
Rosser's stories have been published in the Menda City Press, Static Movement Anthologies, and elsewhere. His poetry has been featured in Poems From The Dark Side. One novel and three novel collaborations are due out later this year.
You can also take a look at his Required Reading blog or any of his books for sale online.
Latest Articles
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Teaching Students the Fallacy of Bifurcation (False Dilemma)
This article describes the false dilemma fallacy and discusses ways to teach students to recognize and analyze it.
Sep 2, 2011
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Scarecrow Argumentation: Teaching the Straw Man Fallacy
This article explains how to teach students about the straw man argument fallacy.
Aug 31, 2011
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Teaching the Fallacy of Argument by Repetition
This article discusses argument by repetition, also known as the fallacy argumentum ad nauseum, and exhorts teachers to instruct students to recognize it.
Aug 29, 2011
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Four Reasons to Teach Argumentation
This article explores four reasons teachers should make education about argumentation and debate a priority.
Aug 25, 2011
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Teaching on Fallacies of Definition
This article explores teaching fallacies that result from defining words and terms in a way that advances the arguer's position.
Aug 24, 2011
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Teaching Students to Recognize Ad Hominem Tu Quoque Fallacies
This article shows how to teach a student to recognize the common ad hominem tu quoque fallacy, which accuses hypocrisy. Tu quoque is Latin for "you too."
Aug 22, 2011
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Teaching About Ad Hominem Fallacies
This article provides a method by which teachers can help students recognize and analyze ad hominem arguments.
Aug 20, 2011
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Assigning a Fallacy Notebook to Teach Critical Thinking
How to instruct students to create a fallacy notebook by using critical thinking to recognize fallacies in print, web, and other media.
Aug 17, 2011
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An Introduction to Teaching Students to Recognize Fallacies
This article discusses supplementing critical thinking curricula with the study of fallacies in reasoning.
Aug 16, 2011
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Teaching "The Lady or the Tiger" with Toulmin
This article suggests the use of the Toulmin Model of Argumentation for inevitable essay responses to Frank Stockton's "The Lady or The Tiger."
Aug 6, 2011
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