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Critical thinking : learn the tools the best thinkers use / Richard Paul, Linda Elder.

By: Elder, Linda [author.]Contributor(s): Paul, Richard [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, c2020Edition: Concise editionDescription: 1 online resource (xxvi, 344 pages) : color illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online reourceISBN: 9781538139516 [electronic book]; 9781538139509 [paperback]Subject(s): Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Higher) | Academic achievement | Education: Decision-Making & Problem Solving | Academic achievement | Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Higher)Genre/Form: Electronic book.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Critical Thinking : Learn the Tools the Best Thinkers Use.DDC classification: Online resources: EBSCO http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2570302

Contents:

Introduction: A Start-up Definition of Critical Thinking; Chapter 1 How the mind can discover itself -- Chapter 2 Discover the parts of thinking -- Chapter 3 Discover universal standards for thinking -- Chapter 4 Redefining grades as levels of thinking and learning -- Chapter 5 Learn to ask the questions the best thinkers ask -- Chapter 6 Discover how the best thinkers learn -- Chapter 7 Learn how to read closely and write substantively -- Chapter 9 Deal with your irrational mind -- Chapter 10 The stages of critical thinking development: at what stage are you?.

Summary: "This introduction to critical thinking focuses on an integrated, universal concept of critical thinking that is both substantive and practical. It provides students with the basic intellectual skills they need to think through content in any class, subject, or discipline, and through any problems or issues they face. Now available from Rowman & Littlefield, Richard Paul and Linda Elder's Critical Thinking: Learn the Tools the Best Thinkers Use focuses on the most basic critical thinking concepts. It includes activities that allow readers to apply these concepts within disciplines and to life. An added feature to this brief book is a focus on close reading and substantive writing.Content highlights include:Think for Yourself activitiesDiscovering the parts of thinking and the standards for thinkingLearning to formulate clear and substantive questionsMaking the design of a course work for youClose reading and substantive writingBecoming a fairminded thinker." --Provided by Publisher

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Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index.

"This introduction to critical thinking focuses on an integrated, universal concept of critical thinking that is both substantive and practical. It provides students with the basic intellectual skills they need to think through content in any class, subject, or discipline, and through any problems or issues they face. Now available from Rowman & Littlefield, Richard Paul and Linda Elder's Critical Thinking: Learn the Tools the Best Thinkers Use focuses on the most basic critical thinking concepts. It includes activities that allow readers to apply these concepts within disciplines and to life. An added feature to this brief book is a focus on close reading and substantive writing.Content highlights include:Think for Yourself activitiesDiscovering the parts of thinking and the standards for thinkingLearning to formulate clear and substantive questionsMaking the design of a course work for youClose reading and substantive writingBecoming a fairminded thinker." --Provided by Publisher