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Author Cottrell, Stella

Title Critical thinking skills : developing effective analysis and argument / Stella Cottrell.

Imprint Basingstoke, Hampshire : New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Male Library  BF441 C68 2011    Available
 Female Library  BF441 C68 2011    Available
Edition 2nd ed
Description xiv, 282 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series Palgrave study skills
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-279) and index.
Contents What is critical thinking? -- How well do you think? : Develop your thinking skills - What's their point? : Identifying arguments -- Is it an argument? : Argument and non-argument -- How well do they say it? : Clarity, consistency and structure - Reading between the lines: recognising underlying assumptions and implicit arguments - Does it add up? : Identifying flaws in the argument - Where's the proof? : Finding and evaluating sources of evidence -- Critical reading and note-making: critical selection, interpretation and noting of source material - Critical, analytical writing: critical thinking when writing - Where's the analysis? : aluating critical writing - Critical reflection.
Subject Critical thinking
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching
Study skills
Added Title Developing effective analysis and argument
ISBN 9780230285293 (pbk.)
0230285295 (pbk.)