Becoming a Critical Thinker: A User-friendly Manual - Couverture souple

Diestler, Sherry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0023287721 ISBN 13 : 9780023287725

Editeur : Macmillan USA, 1994

Synopsis

Book by Diestler Sherry

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Developing Instinctive Analytical Skills in Students

 

Becoming a Critical Thinker: A User Friendly Manual trains students to distinguish high-quality, well-supported arguments from those with little or no evidence to support them.  

 

It develops the skills required to effectively evaluate the many claims facing them as citizens, learners, consumers, and human beings, and also to be effective advocates for their beliefs.

 

Teaching and Learning Experience

 

 

Improve Critical Thinking - Coverage of persuasive speaking, decision-making, the Toulmin model of argumentation, and chapter-end writing and speaking exercisesall teach students to construct and present arguments so that they can gain skill and confidence.

 

Engage Students - Becoming a Critical Thinker: A User Friendly Manual exposes students to a variety of contemporary and multicultural issues, engaging their understanding of analytical skills through the use of articles and varied examples.

 

Support Instructors - Teaching your course just got easier!  You can create a Customized Text or use our Instructor’s Manual, Electronic “MyTest” Test Bank or PowerPoint Presentation Slides.  PLUS, our new Instructor’s Manual has been updated and expanded with revised tests and answer keys, a discussion of chapter exercises, and suggestions for teaching critical thinking concepts.

 

Quatrième de couverture

Sherry Diestler has written a straightforward text to train students to distinguish well-supported arguments from ineffectual arguments with little or no evidence to support them. She develops students' skills required to effectively evaluate the many claims facing them, from classic sources as well as contemporary print and broadcast media, as citizens, learners, consumers, and human beings, and also to be effective advocates for their beliefs through both writing and public speaking.

Features

• Combines basic principles of logic, rhetoric, and argumentation
• Provides extensive contemporary, multicultural issues for students from a variety of disciplines and subject areas
• Covers decision-making and the Toulmin model of argumentation
• Teaches students the fundamentals of persuasive speaking
• Includes end-of-chapter writing and speaking exercises

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan USA
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0023287721
• ISBN 13: 9780023287725
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 352