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Learning to Think Things Through A Guide to Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum

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ISBN-10: 013114152X

ISBN-13: 9780131141520

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Gerald M. Nosich

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List price: $25.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Dr. Gerald Nosich is a Professor at Buffalo State College and Professor Emeritus at the University of New Orleans. He has given more than 250 national and international workshops on all aspects of teaching for critical thinking. He has also worked for the U.S. Department of Education on a project for a National Assessment of Higher Order Thinking Skills, served as the Assistant Director at the Center for Critical Thinking at Sonoma State University, and been featured as a Noted Scholar at the University of British Columbia.On a more personal note, he has at times exercised and not exercised good judgment: he has ridden a motorcycle alone to the ziggurat of Ur in Iraq; has worked as an…    

What Is Critical Thinking?
Some Definitions of Critical Thinking
Some Prominent Features of Critical Thinking
Three Parts of Critical Thinking
What Critical Thinking Is Not
Impediments to Critical Thinking
Deeper, More Pervasive Impediments to Critical Thinking
How Deep Is Our Need for Critical Thinking? The Experience of Learning to Think Things Through
An Overview of the Book That Lies Ahead
The Elements of Reasoning
The Nuts and Bolts of Critical Thinking
The Elements of Reasoning
Three Additional Elements of Reasoning
How to Analyze a Piece of Reasoning Using the Elements
Example: Thinking Through the Logic of Getting Married
Trusting the Process
What Is Critical Thinking Within a Field or Discipline?
The Parts of Critical Thinking Within a Field
Thinking Biologically, Thinking Sociologically, Thinking Philosophically, Thinking Musically hellip; The Logic of the Field or Discipline
Learning the Vocabulary of the Discipline
Fundamental and Powerful Concepts
The Central Question of the Course as a Whole
The Point of View of the Discipline
Impediments to Thinking Critically Within a Discipline
Trusting the Discipline
Standards of Critical Thinking
Clearness
Accuracy
Importance, Relevance
Sufficiency
Depth and Breadth
Precision
Understanding and Internalizing Critical-Thinking Standards
Additional Critical-Thinking Standards
Non-Critical-Thinking Standards
Evaluating Around the Circle
A Note on Reading as a Critical-Thinking Process
Putting It All Together: Answering Critical-Thinking Questions
The Core Process of Critical Thinking
How Do You Fit into the Picture: Becoming a Critical Thinker
Thinking Through Important Critical-Thinking Questions
Responses to Starred Exercises
Notes
Index