Craig, Thank you for the rewrite. Here is the sentence you rewrote: Another reason that students' critical thinking might be unwittingly limited through oral discussion without written translation might be the passion and eloquence with which the instructor's theoretical position is communicated. **** I read this sentence as being about how students' critical thinking can be limited in oral discussion. One factor is the passion and eloquence an instructor may use in expressing his/her position. I appear to suffer from a reading deficit. This rewrite doesn't capture my understanding of the problematic sentence. "Teachers should give contrary views, and they should argue for alternative sides with equal passion. This will help students go from class discussion to a written response without feeling that a "correct" view is called for." It is interesting how the rewrite changes the entire focus of the sentence away from how instructors can negatively influence critical thinking of students to how to help students not feel they need to give a "correct" view. Perhaps there is little difference between critical thinking and a correct view, but I think they are not the same. I thank you again for your time in answering my questions. Bob Yates, University of Central Missouri To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/