Brooke Noel Moore,
California State University--Chico Richard Parker,
California State University--Chico
ISBN: 0073386677 Copyright year: 2009
Feature Summary
An informal, witty, often tongue-in-cheek writing style, complemented by cartoons that illustrate key concepts
Feature boxes are categorized into 4 color coordinated themes that further discuss a critical thinking issues. In Depth boxes take important concepts to a deeper level of discussion and detail. They contain important rules, definitions, or guidelines that are central to the chapter topic. Real Life boxes contains real-world examples of critical thinking—or that lack of it—in real life. In the Media boxes contain quotations from print, television, radio, and the Internet, cover a wide variety of topics, many of which are political in nature. On Language boxes highlight the power of language in action when it comes to critical thinking.
Nearly 1,500 exercises for students to practice critical thinking skills. Answers to one-third of the 1,500 exercises are included in the text and many are flagged to indicate that tips are available in an appendix.
Includes the Scrapbook of Unusual Ideas, an appendix containing a series of topics to generate discussion or adapt for homework assignments or in-class exercises.
A focus on writing throughout, and a complete chapter (2) focused exclusively on guidelines for writing argumentative essays
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