Critical thinking for Students 4th Edition

Author: Roy Van Den Brink-Budgen
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1848034202
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
Critical Thinking is a core skill needed to make all your studies more effective. This totally revised and updated book is a must if you want to find out how to develop your own arguments and evaluate other people's. Specifically, you will need to look at others' assumptions and their use of evidence. Learn too how to spot, and rectify, weaknesses of your own. An indispensable book, especially for students following the OCR AS-level course in Critical Thinking.

Critical Thinking

Author: Gregory Bassham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780071101547
Category : Critical thinking
Languages : en
Pages : 497

Book Description
Through the use of humour, fun exercises, and a plethora of innovative and interesting selections from writers such as Dave Barry, Al Franken, J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as from the film 'The Matrix', this text hones students' critical thinking skills.

Critical Thinking

Author: Tracy Bowell
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415240178
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
A much-needed guide to thinking critically for oneself and how to tell a good argument from a bad one. Includes topical examples from politics, sport, medicine, music, chapter summaries, glossary and exercises.

Thought and Knowledge

Author: Diane F. Halpern
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1134637861
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 654

Book Description
This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the American Psychological Association, Diane F. Halpern, applies theory and research from the learning sciences to teach students the thinking skills they need to succeed in today's world. This new edition retains features from earlier editions that have helped its readers become better thinkers. A rigorous academic grounding based in cognitive psychology is presented in a clear writing style with a humorous tone and supported by numerous practical examples and anecdotes. Thought and Knowledge, Fifth Edition has been revised to help students meet the challenges of a global neighborhood and make meaningful conclusions from the overwhelming quantity of information now available at the click of a mouse. The skills learned with this text will help students learn more efficiently, research more productively, and present logical, informed arguments. Thought and Knowledge, Fifth Edition is appropriate for use as a textbook in critical thinking courses offered in departments of psychology, philosophy, English, humanities, or as a supplement in any course where critical thinking is emphasized.

Good Arguments

Author: C. A. Missimer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780133118049
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Proceeds from critical thinking in everyday life to critical thinking in academic fields, with chapters outlining the types of evidence in science, the social sciences and the humanities. This text offers a description of critical thinking as comparison of formulas of critical thinking.

Critical Thinking

Author: Richard L. Epstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780534558390
Category : Critical thinking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Featuring its own cast of characters, a personal and accessible tone, and carefully crafted in step-by-step units, this book sets a new standard of clarity for presenting the subject matter. Extensively class-tested, the text uses an enormous number of everyday examples and exercises to illuminate key points and ideas. It is the only text in philosophy in which students work with cartoons to convert the non-verbal into arguments and arrive at conceptual understanding. It is also the only text-workbook-instructor's manual system designed and constructed simultaneously to provide the most fully integrated learning and teaching system available.

Thinking for Yourself

Author: Marlys Mayfield
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780838489567
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Critical thinking for Students 4th Edition

Author: Roy Van Den Brink-Budgen
Publisher: How To Books
ISBN: 1848034202
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Face the Issues

Author: Carol Numrich
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780201846720
Category : Critical thinking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Face the Issues is an exciting and highly successful approach to listening comprehension and discussion for intermediate and high-intermediate students. Each of the twelve units is based on an authentic radio broadcast taken from National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition." Students are presented with interesting and relevant content in unedited everyday speech including hesitations, redundancies, and various dialectical patterns.

The Power of Critical Thinking

Author: Lewis Vaughn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199030439
Category : Critical thinking
Languages : en
Pages : 552

Book Description
Provides the broadest range of tools, enabling students to think critically about their lives and the world around themThis comprehensive and engaging introduction to critical analysis delivers clear, step-by-step guidelines that provide students with the tools they need to systematically and rationally evaluate arguments, claims, and evidence. Fully up-to-date with examples from contemporary culture, politics, andmedia, this text helps students develop the skills they need to engage meaningfully with the world around them.