Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking
Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking
Used in a variety of courses in various disciplines, Asking the Right Questions helps bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. Specifically, this concise text teaches how to think critically by exploring the components of arguments--issues, conclusions, reasons, evidence, assumptions, language--and on how to spot fallacies and manipulations and obstacles to critical thinking.
- ASIN: 0205111165
- ISBN: 0205111165
- Brand: Pearson
- Manufacturer: Pearson
Comprehension and Critical Thinking Grade 5 (Comprehension & Critical Thinking)
Comprehension and Critical Thinking Grade 5 (Comprehension & Critical Thinking)
Build Grade 5 students' comprehension and critical-thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests with high-interest nonfiction articles from TIME For Kids. This easy-to-implement resource includes accompanying document-based questions that focus on key strategies for breaking down informational text to help students build cross-curricular reading skills. A document-based assessment sheet is also provided for each passage so students can investigate the text in even deeper and more meaningful ways. This resource is aligned to state and national standards and supports the development of college and career readiness skills. About Shell Education Rachelle Cracchiolo started the company with a friend and fellow teacher. Both were eager to share their ideas and passion for education with other classroom leaders. What began as a hobby, selling lesson plans to local stores, became a part-time job after a full day of teaching, and eventually blossomed into Teacher Created Materials. The story continued in 2004 with the launch of Shell Education and the introduction of professional resources and classroom application books designed to support Teacher Created Materials curriculum resources. Today, Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education are two of the most recognized names in educational publishing around the world.
- ASIN: 1425802451
- ISBN: 1425802451
- Brand: Shell Education
- Manufacturer: Shell Education
Learning Advantage Budget - Budgeting Game for Kids - Teach Money, Math and Critical Thinking
Learning Advantage Budget - Budgeting Game for Kids - Teach Money, Math and Critical Thinking
Teach children how to spend money wisely! This Budget game provides experience in financial problem solving and working towards a goal. The winner is the person with the highest net worth! Kids use reasoning and probability to construct their ideal budget. This is the perfect hands-on game to help budding budgeters learn about money and probability. Children are rewarded for accuracy and thoughtful financial decisions regarding money management. Kids earn money from real world credit situations such as payday and tax refunds. They’ll love to work to earn their money. But they have to be careful because they could lose their money, too! Players keep simple financial records of their decisions with the Financial Record Master provided. Budget supports state and national mathematics standards. Game includes: - Game board - Instructions - Study guide - Option cards - Financial Record Master - Currency - 4 Pawns
- UPC: 858700001540
- ASIN: B00QU9CMNI
- Brand: Learning Advantage
- Manufacturer: Learning Advantage
Learning Advantage Discount - Consumer Math Game for Kids - Teach Money, Fractions, Percentages, Critical Thinking and Saving Skills
Learning Advantage Discount - Consumer Math Game for Kids - Teach Money, Fractions, Percentages, Critical Thinking and Saving Skills
Discount gives children experience in money management and the process of saving towards a goal. The winner has the most savings and an accurate financial record! Kids use bills and the Financial Record to keep track of their purchases and compute savings. This is the perfect hands-on game to help budding shoppers learn about problem solving, percentages, fractions and keeping accurate financial records. Kids will learn to weigh the possible consequences of their shopping decisions. Should they buy appliances, clothing or furniture right now? Or do they wait until the sale gets better? But be careful! Those pesky parking tickets could cost them. Children will learn how to keep financial records of their decisions with the Financial Record provided. Discount supports state and national mathematics standards. Game includes: - Game board- Instructions- 4 pawns- Financial Record Pad- Appliance, Clothing & Furniture Cards- Currency
- UPC: 858700001403
- ASIN: B0725S7FB8
- Brand: Learning Advantage
- Manufacturer: Learning Advantage
Critical Thinking, Thoughtful Writing: A Rhetoric with Readings, 4th Edition
Critical Thinking, Thoughtful Writing: A Rhetoric with Readings, 4th Edition
Critical Thinking, Thoughtful Writing begins with the premise that thinking well involves using language well, and vice versa. This rhetoric with readings--written by critical-thinking scholar John Chaffee and English professors Christine McMahon and Barbara Stout--provides thorough coverage of the writing process, going beyond the traditional rhetoric to teach students how to evaluate sources, images, and arguments. Each chapter focuses on a critical-thinking skill--such as problem solving or analysis of complex issues--that is explored through Thinking-Writing Activities and thematically linked readings. The text helps students develop these skills through carefully sequenced pedagogy and a cross-disciplinary approach that asks them to complete writing assignments and critically evaluate readings drawn from a variety of disciplines. The Fourth Edition features an enhanced discussion of plagiarism with critical-thinking exercises, as well as a special focus on using and documenting Internet sources appropriately.
- ASIN: 0618783482
- ISBN: 0618783482
- Brand: Brand: Houghton Mifflin
- Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Strategies & Tactics for the MBE (Emanuel Bar Review)
Strategies & Tactics for the MBE (Emanuel Bar Review)
Strategies & Tactics for the MBE, 6E is full of up-to-date advice on how to analyze Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) questions, including details on how to handle each MBE subject, specific, step-by-step strategies for analyzing different question types, tips about how subtle differences in wording can completely change the meaning of an answer, and strategies for "rewording" questions in your mind to make them easier to analyze. Updated by Steven Emanuel, Strategies & Tactics for the MBE, 6E contains a full-length, 200-question practice MBE exam, as well as more than 325 additional questions broken down by subject a total of over 500 NCBE-released questions. The new edition also includes 70 author-generated Civil Procedure questions. Each subject begins with detailed advice on how to handle MBE questions on that subject and how to focus your studies on the most common and trickiest MBE topics. Every question has a fully explained answer that analyzes, in detail, every answer option.Features:Updated to include a comprehensive section on Civil Procedure, which was recently added to the MBE exam. This new section features approximately 70 author-generated questions.For the traditional MBE topics (Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real Property and Future Interests, and Torts), every one of the more than 500 questions in this book represents an actual question asked on a past MBE. These questions have been reviewed for accuracy and updated.
- ASIN: 1454873124
- ISBN: 9781454873129
- Manufacturer: Wolters Kluwer
Critical Thinking: An Introduction to the Basic Skills - Seventh Edition
Critical Thinking: An Introduction to the Basic Skills - Seventh Edition
Critical Thinking is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the essential skills of good reasoning. The authors provide a thorough treatment of such central topics as deductive and inductive reasoning, logical fallacies, how to recognize and avoid ambiguity, and how to distinguish what is relevant from what is not. Later chapters discuss the application of critical thinking skills to particular topics and tasks, including scientific reasoning, moral reasoning, media analysis, and essay writing. This seventh edition is revised and updated throughout, and includes a new chapter on legal reasoning as well as access to a companion website of additional questions and other useful resources.
- ASIN: 155481197X
- ISBN: 9781554811977
- Manufacturer: Broadview Press
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
The first integrated program designed specifically for the critical thinking course, Moore & Parker's Critical Thinking teaches students the skills they need in order to think for themselves - skills they will call upon in this course, in other college courses, and in the world that awaits. The authors' practical and accessible approach illustrates core concepts with concrete real-world examples, extensive practice exercises, and a thoughtful set of pedagogical features. Connect and LearnSmart for Critical Thinking coalesce in a highly adaptive learning environment where each student gets the targeted help he or she needs for more efficient mastery of course concepts.
- ASIN: 1259690873
- ISBN: 1259690873
- Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education
A Workbook for Arguments, Second Edition: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking
A Workbook for Arguments, Second Edition: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking
A Workbook for Arguments builds on Anthony Weston’s A Rulebook for Arguments to provide a complete textbook for a course in critical thinking or informal logic. The second edition adds:Updated and improved homework exercises—nearly one third are new—to ensure that the examples continue to resonate with students.Increased coverage of scientific reasoning, demonstrating how scientific reasoning dovetails with critical thinking more generallyTwo new activities in which students analyze arguments in their original form, as provided in brief selections from the original texts.This edition continues to includeThe entire text of Rulebook, supplemented with extensive explanations and exercises.Homework exercises adapted from a wide range of arguments in a wide variety of sources.Practical advice to help students succeed.Model answers to odd-numbered problems, including commentaries on the strengths and weaknesses of selected sample answers and further discussion of some of the substantive intellectual, philosophical, or ethical issues they raise.Detailed instructions for in-class activities and take-home assignments.An appendix on mapping arguments, giving students a solid introduction to this vital skill in constructing complex and multi-step arguments and evaluating them.
- ASIN: 162466427X
- ISBN: 162466427X
- Brand: Hackett Pub Co Inc
- Manufacturer: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Critical Thinking: A Student's Introduction
Critical Thinking: A Student's Introduction
Bassham's popular text helps today's students bridge the gap between everyday culture and critical thinking. Using a proven step-by-step approach, this text covers all the basics of critical thinking in clear, reader-friendly language. The 5th edition has taken into account suggestions from users and reviewers of previous editions, and has added an Appendix, and new readings, exercises and examples throughout the text.Instructors and students can now access their course content through the Connect digital learning platform by purchasing either standalone Connect access or a bundle of print and Connect access. McGraw-Hill Connect® is a subscription-based learning service accessible online through your personal computer or tablet. Choose this option if your instructor will require Connect to be used in the course. Your subscription to Connect includes the following:• SmartBook® - an adaptive digital version of the course textbook that personalizes your reading experience based on how well you are learning the content.• Access to your instructor’s homework assignments, quizzes, syllabus, notes, reminders, and other important files for the course.• Progress dashboards that quickly show how you are performing on your assignments and tips for improvement.• The option to purchase (for a small fee) a print version of the book. This binder-ready, loose-leaf version includes free shipping.Complete system requirements to use Connect can be found here: http://www.mheducation.com/highered/platforms/connect/training-support-students.html
- ASIN: 0078038316
- ISBN: 125907403X
- Brand: Brand: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
- Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education