How to Improve your Critical Thinking & Reflective Skills (Smarter Study Skills) - Softcover

McMillan, Kathleen; Weyers, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273773321 ISBN 13: 9780273773320

Publisher: Pearson, 2012

Synopsis

New to the highly successful Smarter Study Skills series comes this essential guide to thinking and writing critically.

This easy-to-use guide identifies and addresses the key areas where most students need help in developing and enhancing the critical thinking and writing skills that are crucial to successful academic study, and provides practical tips and solutions. The authors use real life examples to illustrate common mistakes and demonstrate how to avoid them. They provide solid advice on enhancing analytical and argumentation skills by adopting best practice with critical thinking and reflective writing.

About this title

About the Author

Kathleen McMillan and Jonathan Weyers work within the University of Dundee’s Learning Centre and Academic Affairs Office respectively and have each been teaching for over 25 years and now specialize in supporting academic skills across both the arts and sciences.

From the Back Cover

Is there a secret to successful study? The answer is ‘yes’! There are some essential skills and smart strategies that will help you to improve your results at university.

This easy-to-use guide gives insights into the essential skills of critical thinking that are required for university: straightforward, practical tips and strategies that will enable you to think methodically, reflectively and creatively.

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CRITICAL THINKING AND REFLECTIVE SKILLS provides tips, tools and techniques for skills you will need to perform with excellence, including how to:

·   adopt a logical approach to issues and problems

·   assess your thoughts

·   generate original ideas

·   arrive at a viewpoint and defend it

·   interpret data

·   analyse the ideas of others

·   make decisions and prioritise action

·   think as part of a team

·   put your own thoughts into words

·   exploit feedback from lecturers

·   transfer your thinking skills to a career

Visit www.smarterstudyskills.com to access a wealth of useful information, tips, templates and interactive activities that will support your skills development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0273773321
• ISBN 13: 9780273773320
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296