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

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Record Number 850712
ISBN 9781137550507 (paperback)
Author Cottrell, Stella author.
Title Critical thinking skills : effective analysis, argument and reflection / Stella Cottrell.
Edition Third edition.
Publisher/Date London : Palgrave Macmillan Education, 2017.
©2017.
Pagination etc. xvi, 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Palgrave study skills
Contents note Previous edition: 2011.
Previous edition has title: Critical thinking skills : developing effective analysis and argument.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents note 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 activites in chapters 8, 9, 11 -- Practice activities on longer texts -- Appendix: Selected search engines and databases for online literature searches -- Answers to activities -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary Note 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.
Subject Critical thinking
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching
Study skills
Shelf Location HSC 160 COTT
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