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Critical thinking skills : developing effective analysis and argument / Stella Cottrell.

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ISBN 9780230285293 (paperback)
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Author Cottrell, Stella author.
Title Critical thinking skills : developing effective analysis and argument / Stella Cottrell.
Edition Second edition.
Publisher/Date Houndmills, Hampshire, UK : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Pagination etc. xiv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Palgrave study skills
Contents note Previous ed.: 2005.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents note 1. What is critical thinking? -- 2. How well do you think? : develop your thinking skills -- 3. What's their point? : identifying arguments -- 4. Is it an argument? : argument and non-argument -- 5. How well do they say it? : clarity, consistency and structure -- 6. Reading between the lines : recognising underlying assumptions and implicit arguments -- 7. Does it add up? : identifying flaws in the argument -- 8. Where's the proof? : finding and evaluating sources of evidence -- 9. Critical reading and note-making: critical selection, interpretation and noting of source material -- 10. Critical, analytical writing : critical thinking when writing -- 11. Where's the analysis? : evaluating critical writing -- 12. Critical reflection -- Texts for activities in chapters 8, 9 and 11 -- Practice activities on longer texts -- Appendix: selected search engines and databases for on-line literature searches.
Summary Note 'More analysis needed' - Have you ever seen this comment on your work? Then this book is for you! Critical Thinking Skills will help develop your reflective thinking skills, improve your critical analysis and show you how to construct effective arguments. It breaks down a complex subject into easy-to-follow blocks, beginning with the basics, and building step-by-step towards evaluations of longer texts. Clear explanations and plenty of activities help to develop understanding at each stage."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Critical thinking
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