Becoming a Critical Thinker (Master Student)
ISBN: 9780618527830
出版社: Houghton Mifflin Company
出版年: 2005-02-28
页数: 240
定价: USD 33.16
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
Becoming a Critical Thinker stresses concrete and practical applications of critical thinking in everyday situations. The concise structure makes the text a useful supplement to any student success course, and its use of timely examplesfrom advertising, television, music, and the Internethelp students connect the skills outlined to their own lives.
The text is divided into a series of cumulative activities and includes exercises linked to further activities on the Web.
Chapter 4, Solving Problems, provides critical-thinking techniques that students can apply to school and life.
Thinking Critically About Research offers methods for assessing information.
Thinking Critically About Movies illustrates how the cinema is used as a tool for persuasion, and how students can analyze the messages within the context of a film.