Critical Thinking Skills: Developing Effective Analysis and Argument (Palgrave Study Skills)

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The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Language and thinking are unique abilities of human beings that separate them from other living things. Only thing that I disagree with the author is that early on the book, the author insist on being non-emotional while accessing an argument. I read this for my Commentary of texts class and, even though it has provided me with more information, I thought it would be more centered in the analysis of literary texts, which is not.

The main thing this helped with was my BMAT section 1 where I instantly saw my marks skyrocket once armed with the knowledge from this book. The article will conclude with a new definition of critical thinking as well as a five-step process for critical thinking. Personally, the only valuable information I got from the book was a review of what critical thinking is and a step by step guide to be able to put them into practice better. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. Stella Cottrell's student-centred approach demystifies critical thinking and breaks down a complex subject into manageable chunks.The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Proceeding beyond this level of feedback is difficult when many students don't understand what analysis is or how to integrate criticism into their work. Essential for students who are mystified by tutor comments such as 'more critical analysis needed', this is an invaluable tool for anyone wishing to develop advanced skills in this area and learn to apply them to tasks such as reading, writing and note-taking. I have such claim for three reasons: firstly, it has been helping me to realise that their is another way of thinking other than the 'traditional?Beginning with the basics and building towards structured evaluations of longer texts, this book offers invaluable guidance to both students and general readers. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

The only chapters that were useful to me were 1,2,10,12 and I didn't find all the pages useful, only a couple from each chapter. For me its an ongoing reference text, the exercises are also quite effective for skills development. If for no other reason this piece of literature would make an excellent gift to give to someone; whom faces challenges in any of these areas.

This book takes an easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach to developing a range of critical thinking skills, with clear explanations, good examples and plenty of activities to develop your understanding at each stage. Its great that the chapters give you the possibility of doing a few exercises to practice the skills, however there is very little novelty in the book. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

Instead, you're constantly being required to check that you understand what's being said, and therefore you're much more likely to remember it all.The 4th edition features a new section on argument mapping techniques, which help readers to visualize the structures of an argument. I bought this book in preparation for uni and it has been very helpful in 'reading between the lines' and clarifying strong and weak arguments. Especially recommended for university students, particularly at the start of their undergraduate degree as it is vitally important to develop these critical skills before reaching your final year and have to complete your dissertation.