Critical thinking skills : developing effective analysis and argument.

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.

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Huvudupphovsman: Cottrell, Stella
Materialtyp: Bok
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Upplaga:2nd ed.
Serie:Palgrave study skills
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • What is critical thinking?
  • How well do you think? : Develop your thinking skills
  • What's their point? : Identifying arguments
  • Is it an argument? : Argument and non-argument
  • How well do they say it? : Clarity, consistency and structure
  • Reading between the lines: recognising underlying assumptions and implicit arguments
  • Does it add up? : Identifying flaws in the argument
  • Where's the proof? : Finding and evaluating sources of evidence
  • Critical reading and note-making: critical selection, interpretation and noting of source material
  • Critical, analytical writing: critical thinking when writing
  • Where's the analysis? : Evaluating critical writing
  • Critical reflection.