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Critical thinking : tools for taking charge of your learning and your life / Richard Paul, Linda Elder.

By: Paul, Richard.
Contributor(s): Elder, Linda, 1962-.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2006Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxx, 514 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0131149628 (pbk.).Subject(s): Critical thinkingDDC classification: 370.152
Contents:
Introduction - 1. Become a fair-minded thinker - 2. The first four stages of development: at what level of thinking would you place yourself? - 3. Self-understanding - 4. The parts of thinking - 5. The standards for thinking - 6. Ask questions that lead to good thinking - 7. Master the thinking, master the content - 8. Discover how the best thinkers learn - 9. Redefine grades as levels of thinking and learning - 10. Make decisions and solve problems - 11. Deal with your irrational mind - 12. Detect media bias and propaganda in national and world news - 13. Recognize fallacies: the art of mental trickery and manipulation - 14. Develop as an ethical reasoner - 15. Learn and use information critically and ethically - 16. Learn and use information critically and ethically - 17. Strategic thinking: part 1 - 18. Strategic thinking: part 2 - 19. Becoming an advanced thinker: our conclusion - Appendices: A. Critical questions about critical thinking - B. Sample analysis of "the logic of .." - C. Article: "Iraq is a pediatrician's hell: no way to stop the dying".
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-502) and index.

Introduction - 1. Become a fair-minded thinker - 2. The first four stages of development: at what level of thinking would you place yourself? - 3. Self-understanding - 4. The parts of thinking - 5. The standards for thinking - 6. Ask questions that lead to good thinking - 7. Master the thinking, master the content - 8. Discover how the best thinkers learn - 9. Redefine grades as levels of thinking and learning - 10. Make decisions and solve problems - 11. Deal with your irrational mind - 12. Detect media bias and propaganda in national and world news - 13. Recognize fallacies: the art of mental trickery and manipulation - 14. Develop as an ethical reasoner - 15. Learn and use information critically and ethically - 16. Learn and use information critically and ethically - 17. Strategic thinking: part 1 - 18. Strategic thinking: part 2 - 19. Becoming an advanced thinker: our conclusion - Appendices: A. Critical questions about critical thinking - B. Sample analysis of "the logic of .." - C. Article: "Iraq is a pediatrician's hell: no way to stop the dying".