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Recommended Citation: Pomykalski, J J.  Critical Thinking through Writing in Information Systems Courses.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2003, v 20 (San Diego): §3412. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 1(38). ISSN: 1545-679X.)
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Critical Thinking through Writing in Information Systems Courses

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Refereed8 pages
James J. Pomykalski    [a1] [a2]
Susquehanna University    [u1] [u2]
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

One of the guiding assumptions of the IS2002 Model Curriculum is that all Information Systems professionals "must have good interpersonal communication and team skills;" namely writing skills. In this paper, the author addresses one way of giving information systems students practice with writing skills. The Non-Technology Report is a writing/research paper that helps the student develop both their writing skills as well as critical thinking skills in finding and evaluating information.

Keywords: writing skills, research skills, managerial/organizational issues, grading

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