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Learning to Think Things Through : A Guide to Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
by Nosich, Gerald M.Edition:
3rd
ISBN13:
9780138132422
ISBN10:
0138132429
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Paperback
Pub. Date:
1/1/2009
Publisher(s):
Prentice Hall
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Summary
How important is critical thinking in all areas of the curriculum?#xA0; This short, inexpensive guide is designed to help students learn to think critically in anysubject-matter course. A combination of instruction and exercises shows them how to use critical thinking to more fully#xA0;appreciate the power of the discipline they are studying, to see its connections to other fields and to their day-to-day lives, to maintain an overview of the field so they can see the parts in terms of the whole, and to become active learnersrather than passive recipients of information. The model of critical thinking (used throughout the book) is in terms of theelements of reasoning,standards, andcritical thinking processes. This model is#xA0;well-suited#xA0;to thinking throughanyproblem or question.
Table of Contents
| To the Instructor | p. xi |
| To the Student | p. xxi |
| What Is Critical Thinking? | p. 1 |
| Some Definitions of Critical Thinking | p. 1 |
| Some Prominent Features of Critical Thinking | p. 3 |
| Three Parts of Critical Thinking | p. 5 |
| What Critical Thinking Is Not | p. 13 |
| Impediments to Critical Thinking | p. 18 |
| Deeper, More Pervasive Impediments to Critical Thinking | p. 23 |
| How Deep Is Our Need for Critical Thinking? | p. 28 |
| The Experience of Learning to Think Things Through | p. 31 |
| Getting Started: Clarifying with SEE-I | p. 33 |
| An Overview of the Book That Lies Ahead | p. 38 |
| Some Outcomes | p. 40 |
| Chapter 1 Exercises | p. 42 |
| The Elements of Reasoning | p. 49 |
| The Nuts and Bolts of Critical Thinking | p. 50 |
| The Elements of Reasoning | p. 50 |
| Purpose | p. 52 |
| Question at Issue | p. 53 |
| Assumptions | p. 54 |
| Implications and Consequences | p. 56 |
| Information | p. 57 |
| Concepts | p. 58 |
| Conclusions, Interpretations | p. 60 |
| Point of View | p. 61 |
| Alternatives | p. 64 |
| Context | p. 66 |
| A Visualization | p. 67 |
| Three Additional Elements of Reasoning | p. 68 |
| How to Analyze a Piece of Reasoning Using the Elements | p. 71 |
| Example: Thinking Through the Logic of Getting Married | p. 75 |
| Trusting the Process | p. 79 |
| Some Outcomes | p. 80 |
| Chapter 2 Exercises | p. 81 |
| What Is Critical Thinking Within a Field or Discipline? | p. 89 |
| The Parts of Critical Thinking Within a Field | p. 92 |
| Thinking Biologically, Thinking Sociologically, Thinking Philosophically, Thinking Musically ... | p. 95 |
| The Logic of the Field or Discipline | p. 97 |
| Box: An Analysis of the Logic of Earth Sciences | p. 100 |
| Box: Logic of a Literature Course | p. 101 |
| Learning the Vocabulary of the Discipline | p. 103 |
| Fundamental and Powerful Concepts | p. 105 |
| Box: Identifying Fundamental and Powerful Concepts | p. 108 |
| Box: Short Essay: Using Fundamental and Powerful Concepts to Think Through a Central Question in an Introduction to Sociology Course | p. 115 |
| The Point of View of the Discipline | p. 117 |
| Impediments to Thinking Critically Within a Discipline | p. 119 |
| Trusting the Discipline | p. 124 |
| Box: A Case | p. 126 |
| Some Outcomes | p. 129 |
| Chapter 3 Exercises | p. 131 |
| Standards of Critical Thinking | p. 139 |
| Clearness | p. 140 |
| Accuracy | p. 145 |
| Importance, Relevance | p. 148 |
| Sufficiency | p. 150 |
| Depth and Breadth | p. 154 |
| Precision | p. 157 |
| Understanding and Internalizing Critical-Thinking Standards | p. 159 |
| Additional Critical-Thinking Standards | p. 160 |
| Non-Critical-Thinking Standards | p. 160 |
| Evaluating Around the Circle | p. 162 |
| Critical Reading | p. 163 |
| Box: Standards Check | p. 166 |
| Some Outcomes | p. 168 |
| Chapter 4 Exercises | p. 169 |
| Putting It All Together: Answering Critical-Thinking Questions | p. 175 |
| The Core Process of Critical Thinking | p. 176 |
| How Do You Fit into the Picture? Becoming a Critical Thinker | p. 181 |
| Thinking Through Important Critical-Thinking Questions | p. 183 |
| Box: Thinking Critically About Questions | p. 184 |
| Critical Writing: Using the Core Process to Write a Paper | p. 201 |
| Some Outcomes | p. 206 |
| Chapter 5 Exercises | p. 207 |
| Responses to Starred Exercises | p. 215 |
| Notes | p. 223 |
| Index | p. 227 |
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