Critical Thinking Skills
eBook - ePub

Critical Thinking Skills

Effective Analysis, Argument and Reflection

  1. 360 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Critical Thinking Skills

Effective Analysis, Argument and Reflection

About this book

The ability to demonstrate critical thinking is essential for students who seek to achieve good grades at university but it typically creates a lot of confusion and anxiety. Critical Thinking Skills provides an easy to follow, step by step guide to developing analytical reasoning skills and applying them to tasks such as reading, note-making and writing. A complex subject is broken down into easy to understand blocks, with clear explanations, good examples, and plenty of activities to develop understanding at each stage. Students can use this book to:
· Critically assess other people's arguments
· Recognise flawed reasoning
· Evaluate the material used to support arguments
· Apply critical thinking when reading, writing and making notes
· Write excellent essays and reports The 4th edition features a new section on argument mapping techniques, which help readers to visualize the structures of an argument. It also contains new and updated examples that link to current affairs, showing the importance of critical thinking as a lifelong skill. Written by internationally renowned author Stella Cottrell, this is an essential resource for students looking to refine their thinking, reading and writing skills.

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Information

Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781350322585
eBook ISBN
9781350322592
Edition
4
Subtopic
Study Guides

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introducing Critical Thinking Skills
  6. 1 What is critical thinking?
  7. 2 How well do you think?
  8. 3 What’s their point?
  9. 4 Is it an argument?
  10. 5 How well do they say it?
  11. 6 Reading between the lines
  12. 7 Does it add up?
  13. 8 Where’s the proof?
  14. 9 Criticality when selecting, interpreting and noting from sources
  15. 10 Critical, analytical writing
  16. 11 Mapping and evaluating argument
  17. 12 Critical reflection
  18. 13 Applying critical thinking to career planning and employability
  19. Texts for activities in Chapters 8, 9 and 11
  20. Practice materials
  21. Appendix: Selected search engines and databases for online literature searches
  22. Answers to activities
  23. References and Bibliography
  24. Index
  25. eCopyright