Becoming a Critical Thinker: A User-friendly Manual - Softcover

Diestler, Sherry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0023287721 ISBN 13: 9780023287725

Publisher: Macmillan USA, 1994

Synopsis

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.

 

About this title

Review

"The organizational scheme is logical. The sequenced chapters are progressively arranged with student learning in mind. At the initial, the author grasps the reader’s attention with the catchy topics.”

― Charlene Tuckerson, John F. Kennedy University

 

 

“The chapter checkup, the key terms with corresponding page numbers, and the chapter highlights at the end of each chapter are quite helpful.”

 ― Cecilia Moore-Cobb, Pitt Community College

 

“A wide variety of examples and analogies is one of the book's many strengths. Specifically, references to pop culture help students readily identify with the material.”

―James Bower, Walla Walla Community College

From the Back Cover

Prentice Hall's exclusive Companion Website™ that accompanies Becoming a Critical Thinker: A User Friendly Manual, Third Edition, offers unique tools and support that make it easy for students and instructors to integrate this online study guide with the text. The site is a comprehensive resource that is organized according to the chapters within the text and features a variety of learning and teaching modules:

For students:

• Study Guide Modules contain multiple choice and true/false quizzes, essay questions, and other features designed to help students with self-study.
• Reference Modules provide the opportunity to quickly reach information on the Web that relates to the content in the text.
• Communication Modules include tools such as Live Chat and Message Boards to facilitate online collaboration and communication.
• Personalization Modules include our enhanced Help feature that contains a text page for browsers and plug-ins.

For instructors:

• The Syllabus Manager™ tool provides an easy-to-follow process for creating, posting, and revising a syllabus online that is accessible from any point within the companion website.

The Companion Website™ makes integrating the Internet into your course exciting and easy. Join us online and enter a new world of teaching and learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0023287721
• ISBN 13: 9780023287725
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 352