Download or read book Critical Thinking In A Nutshell written by Thinknetic and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Critical Thinking In A Nutshell How To Become An Independent Thinker And Make Intelligent Decisions written by Thinknetic and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that 93% of CEOs agree that THIS skill is MORE IMPORTANT than your college degree? Amazon's market cap is 1.7 TRILLION dollars. And it all started when Jeff Bezos used this skill to see a market inefficiency back in the day, before anyone else. During the 1980s "Coke Wars," Coca-Cola and Pepsi went back and forth competing to be America's top soda. But Coca-Cola didn't use this skill at the right time... And their mistake almost completely blew up one of America's oldest and most valuable companies. Having this skill in your back pocket is like shortcutting Malcom Gladwell's 10,000 hours rule to learning something (who's got time for that?). So, what is it? Nothing complex or fancy. But it's the skill Supreme Court justices have in spades (they're the highest legal authority in our country because they can do this thing). It's critical thinking. That's why Thinknetic has finally released Critical Thinking in a Nutshell: How to Become An Independent Thinker And Make Intelligent Decisions. Critical thinking is one of those skills everyone "thinks" that they already have... But most people are anxious, unhappy, doubt their decisions, and aren't where they want to be in life. Sometimes, basic skills aren't so basic. But it's not your fault. Our educational system doesn't teach critical thinking. You can only learn it from the right kind of experiences - and most people never do. In 2011, a study called "It Takes More Than a Major: Employer Priorities for College Learning and Student Success" found that 93% of business leaders agreed "a demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more important than [a candidate's] undergraduate major." So, if you feel like you don't have the right diploma or the right skill set to succeed at what you do, don't worry. But if you thought your degree would get you everything you've wanted out of life, you're going to be disappointed. After all, critical thinking has driven countless major innovations in human history. Remember when people thought the Earth was flat? It took a critical thinker to disprove that. The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu said, "know your opponent and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be in peril." You (probably) won't be leading an army into war, but the ability to think clearly will help you keep confident no matter what life throws at you. Here's just a fraction of what you'll discover inside: The critical thinking framework developed by two of the most experienced critical thinking scientists of all time - and how to make it your own The reason VHS became a household name and Betamax became a household joke (Ever heard of Betamax? No? There's a reason for that) How to shortcut the famous Malcom Gladwell "10,000 Hours Rule" to become an expert critical thinker, fast The 7 qualities of a critical thinker - how many do you have right now? What a WW2 pilot and the people of Romania can teach you about critical thinking - this is the KEY to not making huge mistakes How to identify fake news and misinformation - learn this, and you'll have a MASSIVE leg up on almost everyone around you right now How Coca-Cola committed one of the biggest marketing flops of all time, by failing to think critically Actionable, easy exercises to drill home every point covered in the novel. You won't "read and forget" this book ...and much, much more!
Download or read book Models for Critical Thinking written by Rutherford Albert and published by Vdz. This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stay alert and avoid being tricked. Apply logic and analysis to your everyday life. Detect hidden assumptions, spot inconsistencies, and recognize dishonesty. The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of our thinking. And the quality of our thinking is often determined by the quality questions we ask from ourselves.Critical thinking is the art of asking relevant, necessary, and meaningful questions to discover the objective truth behind words, events, and opinions in general. Today we have more access to information than ever before. Information influences our world view and decisions often without us noticing it. Following wrong idols can lead us to bad decisions which lead to unhappiness and a dissatisfying life. When what's "right, beautiful, successful, and cool" gets dictated around us we often forget to think for ourselves and make our own choices. Thus we make bad decisions based on the opinion of others - not even our own. Who should make your life choices for you? You've put your own thoughts, wishes, and opinions off for too long. It's time for that to change. Models for Critical Thinking provides you with unique insights into the nature of thinking and reasoning - why are we often so wrong, why we are so inclined to avoid the responsibility of thinking for ourselves, and how can we develop solid, objective patterns of thought. This book is a guide for the notoriously "trusting," "overwhelmed," and "gullible". It is a deep psychological dive into what makes us stop thinking for ourselves, and how to systematically combat those compulsions. It's a book that stands apart from others because of the plethora of real-life examples, studies, and solutions. If you wish to add to your critical thinking toolkit, you'll find the step-by-step answer in here. Models for Critical Thinking lays out: - The function of critical thinking and its main obstacles. - The varied elements of critical reasoning. - Important abilities and traits of critical thinkers. - The vocabulary of critical analysis, - The models essential to critical thinking. The most secure way of making good decisions is to have well-practiced and predictable strategies that you can use when you are faced with a problem that requires deeper analysis. This book will provide you with helpful exercises and tips to help you can find better solutions to your problems. - Learn the essential critical thinking skills when reading, writing, and speaking; - Be on your guard for hidden cognitive traps when shopping and interacting with advertisers. - Discover the tools and strategies can help you become a more disciplined thinker, developing your analytical, reasoning, and reflective thinking skills. Be ready to learn. Be ready to argue intellectually. - Learn to read between the lines and assess the validity of statements. - Identify and separate logical and illogical reasoning. - Learn how to construct a fair, well-reasoned argument with the help of formal and informal logic. As a physicist and computer scientist, I was always looking for logical, well-founded answers to questions. Yet, I needed to stay open to question my knowledge fairly often, revise my beliefs held, and unlearn some.
Download or read book The Critical Thinking Effect written by Thinknetic and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you keep making mistakes and just can't seem to reach that next level... Then keep reading Did you know that if you didn't listen to Mozart as a child, you might be 8-10 IQ points dumber than you were supposed to be? Okay, not really. But during the 1990s, a generation of children was forced by their parents to listen to Mozart...Because a study found it made children smarter. However, study after study couldn't replicate those results later. Eventually, researchers concluded that listening to ANYTHING while working resulted in higher intelligence testing. How come did the idea become established as fact? Because people fail to think critically. When your team, your boss, or your company depends on you to make the correct decision time and time again... you literally can't afford to be wrong. It could cost a client money. It could cost your company that client. It could cost you your job. The good news is you have the key to fix your problems. It's a skill you just need to get better at using it. That's why we wrote The Critical Thinking Effect, to take you from good to great. It's packed with examples, exercises, and actionable steps to get you thinking clearer - today. Here's just a smattering of what you'll find inside: How to "ethically brainwash" your subordinates - see how a manager employed critical thinking to get his team to do a COMPLETE 180, on a project they SWORE they'd never work on! How to spot lies, sift through deceptions, and have the confidence to know you've made the best decision possible. How to use "X-Ray vision" on social media and news to tell fact from fiction Why you shouldn't name your child Wolfgang - the dangers of misinterpreting data too literally How failure to think critically caused an experienced detective to miss a literal murder and what we need to learn from that real story The 10 most common cognitive fallacies and traps, listed by a Cambridge Ph.D. - how many are you committing on a daily basis? How to have better relationships with your loved ones by recognizing their BS (and your own) What dueling ice cream shops can teach you about lack of due diligence ...and much, much more! If you didn't listen to Mozart when you were in diapers, the good news is you've still got a chance to develop critical thinking ability. But if you just can't break through to that next level in life...You won't magically develop the ability to make better decisions. Do you want to stop second-guessing yourself, make better decisions under fire, and be the rockstar of your team? Then supercharge your brain and get to that next level ASAP. Scroll up and click "Add to Cart."
Download or read book The Habit Of Critical Thinking written by Thinknetic and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lifestyle Habits that "Carry" You to Increased Productivity, Better Health, and Career Superstardom? Yes, please! How many times have you tried to change your habits? If you're like most people, more than you care to think about. And how different is your life now? It's not your fau To build new positive habits, you'll have to "hotwire" your brain. Building new thinking habits is particularly difficult, especially because our society doesn't prioritize learning thinking habits. A 2016 study "Does College Teach Critical Thinking? A Meta-Analysis" featured in the Review of Educational Research found that even a college education doesn't necessarily set you up for long-term critical thinking ability. But building positive habits and thinking critically are lifelong skills that can supercharge your personal and professional life. Your goals are achievable. All it takes is a change of mindset from a passive reacting brain to an active thinking one. The rest will follow... for you have the right tools to enhance your thinking in a stimulating and lasting manner. Here's a sampling of what you'll learn and how they relate to critical thinking: The 8 critical thinking characteristics you already have but you're not using at their full potential How to use the critical thinking process that helped Galileo discover the Earth orbits the Sun What a reality game like SIMS can teach you about yourself, without even playing it How to think like a scientist and make your decisions successful experiments 6 rules to turn your current routines into wholesome habits The 4 steps to take when planning your vacation as well as your next best decision (no more disastrous experiences and regretful decisions!) Dozens of effective exercises to update your brain and upgrade your thinking How paying attention to your diet can enhance your critical thinking And much, much, more. Everyone thinks they can think critically and thinks they can establish habits. But somehow, most people aren't where they want to be in life... "Just trying harder" is a poor strategy. The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. So if you've had trouble creating positive new habits in the past, you'll have trouble moving forward. Unless... You try something new. Critical thinking habits will elevate your personal and professional life. You'll be better at assimilating information, noticing trends, and deciding on a plan of action. This will be the last book you need to buy on thinking logically and building habits. If you want to create lifelong positive thinking habits, then click "Add to Cart" NOW!
Download or read book The Art of Thinking Critically written by Albert Rutherford and published by Vdz. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identify false information. Avoid getting tricked. Be quick-witted and insightful. Would you like to ask the right questions, come up with strong arguments, detect biases and irrational or illogical reasoning? But you don't know where to start learning these? The Art of Thinking Critically will help you with that! Using the brightest ideas and best practices of some of the greatest thinkers, you can become a self-thought critical thinker who doesn't accept things at face value. With the help of guided exercises, you will learn how to do your own research, think about information for yourself, and draw conclusions that stand true to you. Avoid being manipulated. Being surrounded by inaccurate and often misleading information can feel overwhelming. Become more astute and catch inconsistencies in others' reasoning, don't be misled. Learn to question, fact-check, and correct people without sounding offensive. - How to self-educate to think more critically. - Equip yourself with good questions and ideas on how to think for yourself. - Break out of herd mentality. - Get a structure on how to implement critical thinking practices in your life. Human beings are generally curious and wish to understand the world better. But many of us didn't have the luck to learn effective questioning techniques as children. We were not encouraged to form opinions and were rather scolded for being too curious. So we didn't learn how to properly question and assess the information we hear, read, and how to think for ourselves. But we can absolutely change that! And educate our children to be better equipped with critical thinking skills. Make better decisions. Don't be gullible.
Download or read book Critical Thinking Logic Mastery 3 Books In 1 written by Thinknetic and published by Critical Thinking & Logic Mastery. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What skill can be more important than your college degree? According to 93% of CEOs, THIS skill, which also keeps self-doubt, wrong decisions, and beliefs at bay. We're talking about a basic skill that isn't so basic - critical thinking. Everyone thinks they have it, but most people are anxious, unhappy, doubt their decisions, and aren't where they want to be in life. Why do people smoke, drink to excess, and eat things they know are bad for them? How come intelligent people wind up believing fake news stories? Why do employers judge candidates on the first impression they make, even though they know it's wrong and often misleading? Poor reasoning, inability to tell facts from fiction, and flawed decision-making cause these kinds of fallacies. A Nature.com study in 2015, "First results from psychology's largest reproducibility test," examined over 100 psychology studies to see if they could be reproduced. Researchers found that only a third of the studies could be replicated. The other two-thirds had been skewed by errors or unconscious biases and couldn't be trusted. One of the reasons most of us fall short in thinking critically is that our educational system doesn't teach critical thinking. They're the reason most people never live up to their potential. So, if you feel like you don't have the right diploma or the right skill set to succeed at what you do, don't worry. You might be stunned by how many false biases you're already carrying around. They bleed into your professional and personal life. That's why we've put together the needed resources to introduce you to what critical thinking is about, to build the habit of thinking critically, and to discern fact from fiction easily. This book bundle includes: Critical Thinking In A Nutshell: How To Become An Independent Thinker And Make Intelligent Decisions Conquer Logical Fallacies: 28 Nuggets Of Knowledge To Nurture Your Reasoning Skills The Habit Of Critical Thinking: Powerful Routines To Change Your Mind And Sharpen Your Thinking Here's just a fraction of what you'll discover inside: The critical thinking framework developed by two of the most experienced critical thinking scientists of all time and how to make it your own The 8 critical thinking characteristics you already have, but you're not using at their full potential How to identify fake news and misinformation - learn this, and you'll have a MASSIVE leg up on almost everyone around you right now Why you should be skeptical of anyone quoting an authority figure How to make yourself "dumb" because smarter people are HARDER to teach 6 rules to turn your current routines into wholesome habits How to think like a scientist and make your decisions successful experiments Actionable, easy exercises to drill home every point covered. You won't "read and forget" this book ...and much, much more! This bundle isn't a dry, theoretical textbook. It is a practical, easy to read and implement book dedicated to helping you build stronger arguments, make more confident decisions, and spot logical errors. Critical thinking will elevate your personal and professional life. You'll be better at assimilating information, noticing trends, and deciding on a plan of action. This one will be the last book you need to buy on thinking logically and building habits. It's time to stop second-guessing yourself - scroll up and click "Add to Cart" now.
Download or read book Cracking the Intuition Code written by Gail Ferguson and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating and persuasive book, intuition expert Gail Ferguson proves that intuition is a distinct sense, just like seeing or hearing, but one so unfamiliar to us that we often don't know when it's happening. Ferguson recounts her own professional experiences and scientific discoveries to show you how to develop their intuition.
Download or read book The Great Mental Models Volume 1 written by Shane Parrish and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.
Download or read book Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies written by Martin Cohen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-03-18 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turbocharge your reasoning with Critical Thinking Just what are the ingredients of a great argument? What is the secret to communicating your ideas clearly and persuasively? And how do you see through sloppy thinking and flim-flam? If you’ve ever asked any of these questions, then this book is for you! These days, strong critical thinking skills provide a vital foundation for academic success, and Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies offers a clear and unintimidating introduction to what can otherwise be a pretty complex topic. Inside, you'll get hands-on, lively, and fun exercises that you can put to work today to improve your arguments and pin down key issues. With this accessible and friendly guide, you'll get plain-English instruction on how to identify other people's assumptions, methodology, and conclusions, evaluate evidence, and interpret texts effectively. You'll also find tips and guidance on reading between the lines, assessing validity – and even advice on when not to apply logic too rigidly! Critical Thinking Skills for Dummies: Provides tools and strategies from a range of disciplines great for developing your reflective thinking skills Offers expert guidance on sound reasoning and textual analysis Shows precisely how to use concept mapping and brainstorming to generate insights Demonstrates how critical thinking skills is a proven path to success as a student Whether you're undertaking reviews, planning research projects or just keen to give your brain a workout, Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies equips you with everything you need to succeed.
Download or read book Conquer Logical Fallacies written by Thinknetic and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you don't know who to trust, keep making stupid mistakes, and question your own judgment...Then keep reading Why do employers judge candidates on the first impression they make, even though they know it's wrong and often misleading? Why do people smoke, drink to excess, and eat things they know are bad for them? How do normally intelligent people wind up believing fake news stories? To find out, let's take a trip back in time to Victorian England. A famous story from the Victorian days is that women had to wear corsets. It's debated how commonplace corsets actually were, but they squeezed a woman's body like a snake - making the waist look smaller. Corsets worked but they were so tight, they caused internal damage to women. They also caused a woman's lower back to atrophy. In fact, corsets were so restricting that women often fainted wearing them! But here's the kicker... Fainting from wearing a corset was actually considered to be a good thing! It was thought to be a sign of good breeding. Or so the story goes. Historians debate how often corsets were actually used. But they're a testament to the power of a cognitive fallacy. Poor reasoning, inability to tell facts from fiction and flawed decision-making cause these kinds of fallacies. They're the reason most people never live up to their potential. Even the smartest people in the world are prone to unconscious bias. A Nature.com study in 2015 ("First results from psychology's largest reproducibility test") examined over 100 psychology studies to see if they could be reproduced. Only around a third of the studies could be replicated! Researchers found a full two-thirds of the studies had been skewed by errors or unconscious biases. They couldn't be trusted. It's not that most people are stupid; they just don't know how to see biases and fallacies. That's why we wrote this book. Inside, you'll find: The false beliefs that led to Aztec human sacrifice, and how they're STILL common today The ultra common fallacy you've probably already been exposed to in your DARE class The easy-to-follow five basics steps of critical thinking. Apply them and you'll make every decision with confidence! Rats spread pestilence and plague - but in India, a "Temple of Rats" was constructed because of this false belief How to make yourself "dumb" because smarter people are HARDER to teach Why you should be skeptical of anyone quoting an authority figure Historic Islamic banking projects, and what they can teach you about false logic Why the supersonic Concorde jet flew so long - even though it was a MASSIVE money loser! Conquer Logical Fallacies explains the major cognitive biases and fallacies people encounter. It goes over arguments and how to tell facts from fiction. You might be thinking "Do I really need this?" If you want to build stronger arguments, make more confident decisions, and spot logical errors - then yes. If you have to work with a wide range of other people or analyze information, you'll find this book INVALUABLE. And you might be stunned by how many false biases you're already carrying around. They bleed into your professional and personal life. Do you want to have confidence in your decisions? Then grab this book and upgrade your brain. Scroll up and click "Add to Cart."
Download or read book Critical Thinking written by Gregory Bassham and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the use of humour, fun exercises, and a plethora of innovative and interesting selections from writers such as Dave Barry, Al Franken, J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as from the film 'The Matrix', this text hones students' critical thinking skills.
Download or read book The Opposable Mind written by Roger L. Martin and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to be as successful as Jack Welch, Larry Bossidy, or Michael Dell, read their autobiographical advice books, right? Wrong, says Roger Martin in The Opposable Mind. Though following best practice can help in some ways, it also poses a danger. By emulating what a great leader did in a particular situation, you'll likely be terribly disappointed with your own results. Why? Your situation is different. Instead of focusing on what exceptional leaders do, we need to understand and emulate how they think. Successful businesspeople engage in what Martin calls integrative thinking, creatively resolving the tension in opposing models by forming entirely new and superior ones. Drawing on stories of leaders as diverse as AG Lafley of Procter & Gamble, Meg Whitman of eBay, Victoria Hale of the Institute for One World Health, and Nandan Nilekani of Infosys, Martin shows how integrative thinkers are relentlessly diagnosing and synthesizing by asking probing questions including: What are the causal relationships at work here? and What are the implied trade-offs? Martin also presents a model for strengthening your integrative thinking skills by drawing on different kinds of knowledge including conceptual and experiential knowledge. Integrative thinking can be learned, and The Opposable Mind helps you master this vital skill.
Download or read book Critical Thinking and Analytical Mind written by Marcus P. Dawson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to improve the nature of your reasoning and the result of your choices in your everyday life and be more successful? Would you like to develop your full potential through critical and analytical thinking? If yes, then keep reading... The world we live in is getting more complicated every day. You can only cope with our complicated world if you learn to control your thoughts and become a critical thinker. When you can think viably, you will understand that you can more readily control all parts of your life and better adapt to any issues or difficulties that life tosses at you. Critical thinking is a method for dealing with the information overload we have today. Sometimes in life, we are faced with problems and situations that we are unable to solve; we waste a lot of time without coming to a decision or solution that satisfies us. Critical thinkers have an easier life. They think about the questions before deciding on their answers. Every time we read or attempt to analyze the information we have never seen or confusing information, we are in cognitive strain. Our energy levels increase, and we start to pay close attention. We do this because we want to figure out the problem instead of just quitting. The analytical thinker's mind is habitually alert and vigilant to potential problems and consequences that may be short-term or long-term due to decisions made or actions taken. In this book, you will learn: * Tools and skills to overcome hindrances to critical thinking * Powerful techniques to practice your critical thinking skills * How to use critical thinking to tackle challenges, solving problems, and making the right decisions * How critical thinking applies in the professional world * Importance of creativity and how to unleash it * How to make mind maps to develop approaches * Strategies to improve your analytical and logical skills to achieve peak performance * Techniques used by successful people ... And much more! Once you have grasped the art of critical thinking and started applying it, you are likely to marvel at how much of your valuable resources you can save. You will also find that you can optimize systems in a way that reduces waste and inefficiencies. Once you know HOW to think, the rest is just plugging in the data. You pick the question, apply the principles of critical thinking, and,in a short time, you have an answer that makes your life better. You will finish reading this book feeling more analytical in every aspect of your life. You will learn to examine your mental processes, including your thoughts, feelings, and desires. When you become a critical thinker, you will be flabbergasted at how you can transform your aspirations into reality. You will understand that you can more readily control all parts of your life and better adapt to any issues or difficulties that life tosses at you. You'll love it when critical thinking starts to emerge in your everyday life. Are you ready? Start your journey of learning and developing critical and analytical thinking skills by clicking and buying now!
Download or read book Critical Thinking written by Richard Paul and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Thinking, 2nd Edition is about becoming a better thinker in every aspect of your life—as a professional, as a consumer, citizen, friend, or parent. Richard Paul and Linda Elder identify the core skills of effective thinking, then help you analyze your own thought processes so you can systematically identify and overcome your weaknesses.
Download or read book Thinking Skills written by John Butterworth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking Skills, second edition, is the only endorsed book offering complete coverage of the Cambridge International AS and A Level syllabus.
Download or read book Critical Thinking written by Tom Chatfield and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2018, Educational Books category Do you need to demonstrate a good argument or find more evidence? Are you mystified by your tutor′s comment ′critical analysis needed′? What does it really mean to think well - and how do you learn to do it? Critical thinking is a set of techniques. You just need to learn them. So here’s your personal toolkit for demystifying critical engagement. I’ll show you how to sharpen your critical thinking by developing and practicing this set of skills, so you can... Spot an argument and get why reasoning matters Sniff out errors and evaluate evidence Understand and account for bias Become a savvy user of technology Develop clear, confident critical writing. Designed to work seamlessly with a power pack of digital resources and exercises, you′ll find practical and effective tools to think and write critically in an information-saturated age. No matter whether you′re launching on your first degree or arriving as an international or mature student, Critical Thinking gives you the skills, insights and confidence to succeed. In your critical thinking toolkit Watch the 10 commandments videos – life rules to change how you think Smart Study boxes share excellent tips to whip your work into shape BuzzFeed quizzes to test what (you think) you know Space to scribble! Journal your thoughts, questions, eureka moments as you go Chat more online with #TalkCriticalThinking
