Critical Thinking Skills : [electronic book] : Effective Analysis, Argument and Reflection /
By: Cottrell, Stella.
Series: Macmillan Study Skills Ser: Publisher: London : Macmillan Education UK, 2017Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 319 p. : ill.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781137550521.Subject(s): Critical thinking -- Study and teaching | Study skillsDDC classification: 370.152 Online resources: Access ebook hereItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Building our 'critical muscle' -- Do critical thinking skills matter? -- About this book -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- 1. What is critical thinking? -- 2. How well do you think? -- 3. What's their point? -- 4. Is it an argument? -- 5. How well do they say it? -- 6. Reading between the lines -- 7. Does it add up? -- 8. Where's the proof? -- 9. Critical reading and note-making -- 10. Critical, analytical writing -- 11. Where's the analysis? -- 12. Critical reflection -- 13. Critical thinking for your future career and employability -- Texts for activities in chapters 8, 9 and 11 -- Practice activities on longer texts -- Appendix: Selected search engines and databases for online literature searches -- Answers to activities -- Bibliography -- Index.
Ideal for students who are mystified by lecturer comments such as 'more analysis needed', this title takes the art of analysis and breaks it down into easy-to-understand blocks, with clear explanations, good examples, and plenty of activities to develop understanding at each stage.