Have you ever been asked an instructor, "What do I do next?" Have you ever been told rather vaguely, "Well that depends"? If either response has left you frustrated and still wondering what to do, you will appreciate the structure of this book. The answers to your questions will not be specific instructions that force you to work the way someone else expects. Neither will they be so vague that you still don't know what to do next. Instead, you will be given a framework in which to write, a framework that is flexible enough to lead you to your own best working habits, yet orderly enough to give direction to your work. (From "To the Student section" of this book.)

Writing: Invitation and Response

RUGGIERO, Vincent Ryan

Morgan, Patricia

Reference

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School

The Art of Thinking introduces students to the principles and techniques of critical thinking, taking them step-by-step through the problem-solving process. Emphasizing creative and active thought processes, the author asserts that good thinking and problem-solving is based on learnable strategies. The book's four parts, “Be Aware,” “Be Creative,” “Be Critical,” and “Communicate Your Ideas,” present students with a process for solving problems and resolving controversial issues. Discussions of how to evaluate ideas and how to question long-held assumptions or biases help students look at concepts critically. This text can be used in freshman experience courses, freshman composition courses, and a wide array of other courses where instructors want to enhance students' critical thinking skills.

The Art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical and Creative Thought

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

HarperCollins, Publishers

Emphasizing creative, critical and ethical thinking, this text shows students how to apply those skills to effective business correspondence, challenging them - through case studies and exercise applications - to think about complex communication issues. The authors have taken a fresh approach to the standard elements of business communication, with biographies of business communicators, an expanded definition of appropriate language and style, discussions of business law, and coverage of electronic communication and critical viewing of graphs. Throughout, the text stresses the global nature of today's workplace, and maintains sensitivity towards women and minorities in its examples.

Contemporary Business Communication: From Thought to Expression

Vesper, Joan Frantz

Business & Money

Harpercollins College Div

Teaching Thinking Across the Curriculum

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Accessible and engaging, this unique text offers strategies for critical and creative thinking and includes many opportunities for practicing these fundamental skills.  It will help readers think “outside the box” and to become more effective writers, speakers, and communicators.    Helps readers think “outside the box” and to become more effective writers, speakers, and communicators.  “Be Aware,” “Be Creative,” “Be Critical,” and “Communicate Your Ideas.” Anyone interested in learning new ways to think.

Science & Math

Behavioral Sciences

Emphasizing creative, critical and ethical thinking, this text shows students how to apply those skills to effective business correspondence, challenging them - through case studies and exercise applications - to think about complex communication issues. The authors have taken a fresh approach to the standard elements of business communication, with biographies of business communicators, an expanded definition of appropriate language and style, discussions of business law, and coverage of electronic communication and critical viewing of graphs. Throughout, the text stresses the global nature of today's workplace, and maintains sensitivity towards women and minorities in its examples.

This succinct, interdisciplinary introduction to critical thinking successfully dares students to question their own assumptions and to enlarge their thinking through the analysis of the most common problems associated with everyday reasoning. The text offers a unique and effective organization: Part I explains the fundamental concepts; Part II describes the most common barriers to critical thinking; Part III offers strategies for overcoming those barriers.

Beyond Feelings: A Guide to Critical Thinking

McGraw=Hill

Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues invites readers to apply ethical principles to issues that exemplify the kinds of moral challenges encountered in everyday life. It provides an overview of the need for ethics and then focuses on strategies for effective decision making. Ruggiero emphasizes doing ethical analysis rather than comparing ethical theories. The history of ethics is covered in the concluding chapter. Instructors and students can now access their course content through the Connect digital learning platform by purchasing either standalone Connect access or a bundle of print and Connect access. McGraw-Hill Connect® is a subscription-based learning service accessible online through your personal computer or tablet. Choose this option if your instructor will require Connect to be used in the course. Your subscription to Connect includes the following: • SmartBook® - an adaptive digital version of the course textbook that personalizes your reading experience based on how well you are learning the content. • Access to your instructor’s homework assignments, quizzes, syllabus, notes, reminders, and other important files for the course. • Progress dashboards that quickly show how you are performing on your assignments and tips for improvement. • The option to purchase (for a small fee) a print version of the book. This binder-ready, loose-leaf version includes free shipping. Complete system requirements to use Connect can be found here: http://www.mheducation.com/highered/platforms/connect/training-support-students.html

Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues

It's easy to identify students with negative attitudes toward school, schoolwork and teachers. They're usually bored, disruptive, rebellious, argumentative, withdrawn, inattentive, frequently tardy or frequently absent. Or all of the above! But now-at last-help is available for teachers who care enough to affect a change. Changing Attitudes is the first and only teacher's handbook to address the growing problem of negative attitudes. By using "informal" logic-a.k.a. critical thinking-teachers can now correct negative attitudes and thereby motivate students to learn. The book lays out a three-step strategy: 1. Identify negative attitudes; 2. Show students how to express those attitudes as ideas; 3. Help students analyze the ideas and reach their own conclusions as to their validity. Packed with contemporary examples, the book helps teachers and their students understand and use informal logic to critically examine negative attitudes. Techniques for identifying and classifying the most harmful attitudes, to expose the fallacious thinking underlying them are also included. All teachers. A Longwood Professional Book.

Changing Attitudes: A Strategy for Motivating Students to Learn

Allyn&Bacon

Becoming a Critical Thinker stresses concrete and practical applications of critical thinking in everyday situations. The concise structure makes the text a useful supplement to any student success course, and its use of timely examples—from advertising, television, music, and the Internet—help students connect the skills outlined to their own lives.The text is divided into a series of cumulative activities and includes exercises linked to further activities on the Web.Chapter 4, Solving Problems, provides critical-thinking techniques that students can apply to school and life.Thinking Critically About Research offers methods for assessing information.Thinking Critically About Movies illustrates how the cinema is used as a tool for persuasion, and how students can analyze the messages within the context of a film.

Becoming a Critical Thinker

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Houghton Mifflin College Div.

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Writing: Invitation and Response

The Art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical and Creative Thought

Contemporary Business Communication: From Thought to Expression

Teaching Thinking Across the Curriculum

The Art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical and Creative Thought

Contemporary Business Communication: From Thought to Expression

Beyond Feelings: A Guide to Critical Thinking

Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues

Changing Attitudes: A Strategy for Motivating Students to Learn

Becoming a Critical Thinker