Critical thinking skills : effective analysis, argument and reflection

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781137550507 (Paper)
ISBN: 1137550503 (Paper)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 3rd ed. /
Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan Education, c2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Previous edition: 2011.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted 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.