Critical Thinking by Linda Elder, Richard Paul (2005, Paperback, Concise)

Like its parent text, Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life, Second Edition, this book focuses on an integrated, universal concept of critical thinking that is both substantive and practical; it provides readers 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.

Written by two of the leading experts in the field, 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 activities
• Discovering the parts of thinking and the standards for thinking
• Learning to formulate clear and substantive questions
• Making the design of a course work for you
• Close reading and substantive writing
• Becoming a fair-minded thinker

The authors' website provides students with valuable resources to enhance their development as thinkers. Find this at www.criticalthinking.org

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