Critical Thinking Skills: Effective Analysis, Argument and Reflection

Critical Thinking Skills provides a step-by-step guide to developing analytical reasoning skills and applying them to tasks, with a new section on argument mapping techniques and updated examples linking to current affairs. It is an essential resource for students looking to refine their thinking, reading, and writing skills.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 360 pages
Publication date: 23 March 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Critical thinking is essential for students seeking good grades at university, but it can be challenging to develop. Critical Thinking Skills provides a step-by-step guide to developing analytical reasoning skills and applying them to tasks such as reading, note-making, and writing. The book breaks down complex subjects into easy-to-understand blocks with clear explanations, good examples, and plenty of activities to develop understanding at each stage. Students can use the book to critically assess other people's arguments, recognize flawed reasoning, evaluate the material used to support arguments, apply critical thinking when reading, writing, and making notes, and write excellent essays and reports. The 4th edition features a new section on argument mapping techniques, which help readers to visualize the structures of an argument. It also contains new and updated examples that link to current affairs, showing the importance of critical thinking as a lifelong skill. Written by internationally renowned author Stella Cottrell, this is an essential resource for students looking to refine their thinking, reading, and writing skills.

Weight: 854g
Dimension: 245 x 189 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350322585
Edition number: 4 ed