Sam & Joshua - Year 13 Students Welcome to Salutaris, a collection of academic articles written as a farewell from the Class of 2020 at the admittedly unusual culmination of our time at GSAL. This serves as a first step into research and analysis that will become our lives as we move forward onto further … Continue reading Salutaris 2020: Editors’ Note
Tag: Critical Thinking
Developing Thinking Skills: September 2019
Mr C Dodd - TGJ Staff Editor Be Philosophical What is love? If everyone loved everyone would the world be a better place? What different kinds of love are there? (I don’t, for example, love peanut butter the way I love my sisters, so there must be more than one kind) Obviously. Most people from … Continue reading Developing Thinking Skills: September 2019
Recommended Puzzle Books
Mr C Dodd - Staff Editor According to Professor Steven Clontz, “generally speaking, a puzzle is any question/problem which satisfies two properties: (1) it is designed to entertain the solver; (2) there is a well-defined solution.” Solving puzzles helps to develop critical thinking, reasoning and problem solving. In all walks of life, from school, college and university … Continue reading Recommended Puzzle Books
Developing Thinking Skills: Oct 2018
Mr C Dodd - Staff Editor Puzzle Time 100 Gold Coins There is a group of five intelligent but greedy pirates, numbered 1-5, and a bag of 100 gold coins. Starting with the first pirate and proceeding in numerical order, the pirates are each given the chance to allocate the gold coins within the group. … Continue reading Developing Thinking Skills: Oct 2018