Critical thinking skills : developing effective analysis and argument /
Cottrell, Stella
Critical thinking skills : developing effective analysis and argument / [book] Developing effective analysis and argument Stella Cottrell - 2nd ed. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2011. - 282 p. : ill. - Palgrave study skills .
What is critical thinking? -- How well do you think? : Develop your thinking skills -- What's their point? : Identifying arguments -- Is it an argument? : Argument and non-argument -- How well do they say it? : Clarity, consistency and structure -- Reading between the lines: recognising underlying assumptions and implicit arguments -- Does it add up? : Identifying flaws in the argument -- Where's the proof? : Finding and evaluating sources of evidence -- Critical reading and note-making: critical selection, interpretation and noting of source material -- Critical, analytical writing: critical thinking when writing -- Where's the analysis? : Evaluating critical writing -- Critical reflection
9780230285293 (pbk.)
Critical thinking
Critical thinking--Study and teaching
Study skills
BF441 / .C851
Critical thinking skills : developing effective analysis and argument / [book] Developing effective analysis and argument Stella Cottrell - 2nd ed. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2011. - 282 p. : ill. - Palgrave study skills .
What is critical thinking? -- How well do you think? : Develop your thinking skills -- What's their point? : Identifying arguments -- Is it an argument? : Argument and non-argument -- How well do they say it? : Clarity, consistency and structure -- Reading between the lines: recognising underlying assumptions and implicit arguments -- Does it add up? : Identifying flaws in the argument -- Where's the proof? : Finding and evaluating sources of evidence -- Critical reading and note-making: critical selection, interpretation and noting of source material -- Critical, analytical writing: critical thinking when writing -- Where's the analysis? : Evaluating critical writing -- Critical reflection
9780230285293 (pbk.)
Critical thinking
Critical thinking--Study and teaching
Study skills
BF441 / .C851
