Critical Thinking Skills - Developing Effective Analysis and Argument(2)

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Concise critical notes: Books Names of author( ' Full titlc of book Chapte r title . , . . Author of cha~ter ~hlirh~rl A' Place PI Theorel tical positic or type of theory; Essential background Key arg Reasons and evidence ,art the argurnc !nts Strengt hs of the argurnc !nts Weaknesses in the rison or t with 0th' 1 56 Critical Thinking Skills 0 Stella Cottrell (2005), Critical Tlziikiig Skills, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Concise critical notes: Articles and papers \lames a 4 author(s: :ull title of article -. I FUII title ot lournal I -----=-i . . -" -F---- Year pub nth ,,-I . .- L-" I nylJuulcSeS: What is the paper setting out to prove A re researd i hypothe: ses suppor ted What is t .he theorel tical positic . -- * . the research7 Type ot theory What is t he key lite lrature use d as 8 8 1 . ., .. I DacKgrouna to tne artrcle or paper ling I -- ,--- Which re $hods are used Nhat kin d of samp le is used Key resul ~ ~ ney conclusions or recommendations Strengt hi of the research u-... A - -..... nuw does it adva~ IL~ UUI UI lue~xa~ ding of the subject or how to research it Are thc re appro1 xiate hypotheses, methods ., a . tn ., tart .,-. tne nypotheses, sample sizes or types contro Is for varia bles, recol Consic leration of ethics Weakne !sses of tl he resear In wha ~t ways is i t limited . I " where would it not apply! ..,, . What i ire the flat rvs in the researcn, Ir hypott ieses, rese arch design and me1 sample ! size and type, conclusions dr, on the basis of tl O Stella Cottrell (ZOOS), Critical Tlzinkitig Skills, Palgrave Maemillan Ltd ons T-V --.--.-*-- x-,---.IJFTz,Zs" T-.--,r-_rGn-r -=--.r-7 --n-I 71 1.- rz7 7-- T.- rs;-nr_rre- - Critical reading and note-making 1 5 7 1
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Critical Thinking Skills Developing
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Contents Introduction Glossary Ackn
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10 Critical, analytical writing: Cr
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people are referring to when they m
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'false premises'. Finally, it exami
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predicated on a Marxist interpretat
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Chapter 1 What is critical thinking
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Reasoning Knowing our own reasons C
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Underlying skills and attitudes Cri
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Personal strategies for critical th
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The idea or the action, not the per
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Barriers to critical thinking (2) L
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Critical thinking: Knowledge, skill
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ther D low esser - - See PL--*--- k
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Chapter 2 How well do you think Dev
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Activity: Argument and disagreement
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Non-arguments: Explanations and sum
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There were many reasons why the stu
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Activity: Selecting out the argumen
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This chapter has looked at ways of
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Chapter 5 How well do they say it C
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Internal consistency larity and int
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Logical consistency clear and consi
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lndependent reasons and joint reaso
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Intermediate conclusions In I anger
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-- Activity: Intermediate conclusio
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Activity: Summative and logical con
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Activity: Logical order L 8,"L I ne
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Answers to activities in Chapter 5
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- Answers to activities in Chapter
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Chapter 6 Reading between the lines
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Activity: Identify the underlying a
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Implicit assumptions used as reason
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False premises Predicating an argum
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Implicit arguments ~plicit and impl
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Denoted and connoted meanings (I) A
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- - Activities: Associations and st
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This chapter looked at some aspects
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Page 85 and 86: Chapter 7 Does it add up Identifyin
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Page 93 and 94: Activity: False analogies Activity
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Page 105 and 106: Chapter 8 Where's the proof Finding
Page 107 and 108: Searching for evidence Critical thi
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Page 123 and 124: - Triangulation What is triangulati
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Page 127 and 128: Chapter 9 Critical reading and note
Page 129 and 130: Identifying the theoretical perspec
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T -- ------ Practice 1: Features of
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Practice 1: Features of an argument
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Answers to Practice 1: Features of
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Practice 2: Finding flaws in the ar
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Answers to Practice 2: Finding flaw
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Practice 3: Features of an araument
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Bibliography Arnheim, R. (1954, 197
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abstracts, using, 128 academic writ
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eading and accurate interpretation,
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