Deliverable 5 – logical creativity

Competency

Develop problem-solving skills that generate idea creation, and apply them to everyday personal and professional experience.

Instructions

A syllogism is a type of logical argument that uses deductive reasoning to come to a conclusion. There are many types, but for this task, you will use a categorical syllogism.

Categorical syllogisms: This type of syllogism assumes if A is a part of C, then B is a part of C (A and B are members of C).

You can organize the syllogism in three sentences:

• Major premise: All dogs are animals.
• Minor premise: Luna is a dog.
• Conclusion: Luna is an animal.

1. Your employer wants to promote a productive and logical work environment. To organize your thoughts and ideas in a coherent manner, you must practice your cognitive skills on a daily basis. To practice the process of creative problem solving, your boss has asked you to create two categorical syllogisms about a hypothetical everyday problem. For example, you are regularly late for work.

2. For your third and final syllogism, your boss wants you to introduce a new minor premise that would provide a logical solution to the problem. By engaging in this process, you will become more accustomed to attacking issues in a cogent manner, making you an even more valuable member of your company.

3. Your boss is looking to fill a new manager position and will use the best presentation as a tutorial for the rest of the staff. Create a presentation using PowerPoint or another visual medium that will communicate your ideas most effectively. Using innovative visuals or more advanced storytelling media might get you the promotion!

4. Finally, provide a short reflection on the collective process using whatever media best suits your idea to your boss. For example, use a brief email, word document, or another multi-media piece.

Grading Rubric

FFCBA01234No PassNo PassCompetenceProficiencyMasteryNot SubmittedStudent provides incomplete syllogisms.Student provides syllogisms, but lacks understanding of their logic.Student provides syllogisms with cogent logic, but premises are simplistic.Student provides syllogisms with cogent logic, and premises are complex.Not SubmittedStudent provides syllogism, but without changed premise.Student provides syllogisms, but lacks understanding of their logic, and does not solve the problem.Student provides syllogisms with cogent logic, but premises are simplistic, and logic is questionable.Student provides syllogisms with cogent logic, premise is complex and solves the problem.Not SubmittedStudent provides incomplete presentation without a concept regarding idea creation.Student shows some grasp of idea creation with basic textual communication skills, but lacks any visual storytelling.Student provides presentation with in depth communication regarding idea creation in both text and visual means.Student shows deep understanding of idea creation with fully developed communication skills presented in an innovative way.Not SubmittedStudent provides a description of events without analysis or reflection.Student provides description of events with some detail, but still lacks analysis.Student provides detailed description and analysis in basic format such as word or email.Student provides detailed description and analysis using advanced storytelling visuals.