Critical Thinking

In this book, author Rebecca Stobaugh shares how to build a culture of thinking that emphasizes essential 21st century skills- from critical thinking and problem solving to teamwork and creativity. In communicating this essential knowledge, Stobaugh offers fifty teacher-tested instructional strategies for nurturing students' cognitive abilities across the full range of thinking levels.

Educators know it's important to get students to engage in "higher-order thinking." But what does higher-order thinking actually look like? Practical guide to assessment that can help teachers determine if students are actually displaying the kind of complex thinking that current content standards emphasize.

The key concepts of argumentation, critical thinking, and meeting academic standards align in a single, engaging format in this book. Packed with practical, hands-on activities, this collection teaches students to argue effectively, research information, think critically, and write persuasively.

Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it. Critical thinking is, self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. It requires rigorous standards of excellence and mindful command of their use.

This book shows students how to become a Strategic Thinker and thereby be more efficient in making decisions about what information to access and then what to do with this information in their courses and their lives.

Alec Fisher concentrates on developing critical thinking skills explicitly and directly. His aim is to teach the ability to interpret, analyze and evaluate ideas and arguments and to show how these skills can be transferred to other studies and everyday life.

Critical Thinking distinguishes itself from other texts in the field by emphasizing analytical reading as an essential skill. It also provides detailed coverage of argument analysis, diagnostic arguments, diagnostic patterns, and fallacies.

Community college curricula must address thinking, analytical skills, values clarification, and related thinking skills in order to ensure that graduates have the skills needed to successfully face the challenge of work of further education.

This helpful book is your personal toolkit for critical thinking. Author Tom Chatfield will show you how to sharpen your critical thinking by developing and practicing this specific set of skills, so you can: Spot an argument and understand why reasoning matters; Discover errors and evaluate evidence; Understand and account for bias; Become a savvy user of technology; and develop clear, confident critical writing.

This book describes how to understand and influence that picture. Irene Sanders pioneered the application of chaos theory and complexity to strategic thinking -- the most essential skill in today's fast-paced business environment.

The most innovative ideas from the rising stars on the Thinkers50 Guru Radar Globalization, increasing competition, and the rapid pace of innovation are changing business best practices faster and faster. If you have long-term success in mind, you need to stay a step ahead of the competition.

he Discussion Book is your go-to guide for improving any group process. Each of the concrete techniques and exercises is clearly described with guidance on selection and implementation, as well as advice on which pitfalls to avoid.

Presents a model of learning that takes into account the different ways learning occurs in different academic disciplines and explores the relationship between knowledge and thinking processes.

An introduction to the ways that writers compose well-structured essays. Excerpts and analysis help to explain the importance of perspective and research in this nonfiction form.

he resource includes a self-quiz on planning and steps for goal setting, creating a study environment, forming a study group, evaluating time management, prioritizing tasks, and eliminating old habits that impede success.

Composing Knowledge asks students to examine their assumptions about learning. It provides them with a training ground for the sometimes disquieting experience of higher education, giving them the tools with which to understand their experience.

A guide to developing an information literacy program designed to teach high school students basic library skills and competencies, and how to organize research projects, find resources on their selected topics, and create bibliographies.

Information Pathways: A Problem-Solving Approach to Information Literacy is designed to serve as a textbook for courses that address the need of college students to develop a basic knowledge of the complex matrix of core resources for the retrieval, management, and exploitation of information.

Read up on fantastic facts and study more than 50 picture quizzes with three levels of difficulty. The challenge gets harder as you work your way from Starter, to Challenger, and Genius category.