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View larger cover. Becoming a Critical Thinker: A User Friendly Manual trains students to become critical thinkers and thoughtful decision makers.

It helps students to distinguish high-quality, well-supported arguments from those with little or no evidence to support them. It also develops the skills students will need to effectively evaluate the many claims facing them as citizens, learners, consumers, and human beings, and also to be effective advocates for their beliefs.

Improve Critical Thinking - Coverage of persuasive speaking, decision-making, the Toulmin model of argumentation, and chapter - end writing and speaking exercises teach students to construct and present arguments so that they can gain skill and confidence. Engage Students - Becoming a Critical Thinker: A User Friendly Manual exposes students to a variety of contemporary and multicultural issues, engaging their understanding of analytical skills through the use of articles and varied examples.

Support Instructors - Teaching your course just got easier! Chapter 3 Reality of assumptions Chapter 4 Inductive arguments: Statistical and causal generalizations Chapter 5 Inductive generalizations: Controlled studies and analogies Chapter 6 Reasoning errors Chapter 7 The power of language Chapter 8 Suggestion in media Chapter 9 Fair-mindedness Chapter 10 Persuasive speaking Individual or Class Exercise: Making a Decision One Actor.

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In addition to the six prior editions of Becoming a Critical Thinker , she has edited three editions of her department custom text with Fountainhead Press entitled Public Speaking for College, Competition, and Career. Her online interpersonal communication text, The Interpersonal Project: Tools for Building, Maintaining, and Repairing Relationships , is being used across her department. New - Engaging animations enhance understanding of key critical-thinking concepts.

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Table of Contents 1. Foundations of Arguments 2. Values and Ethics 3. Reality Assumptions 4. Inductive Arguments 5. Inductive Generalizations 6. Reasoning Errors 7. The Power of Language 8. Suggestion in Media 9. Fair-Mindedness Persuasive Speaking. She has worked as a communications consultant for the Office of Personnel Management, Western Region, as well as for a number of private corporations.

In addition to the six prior editions of Becoming a Critical Thinker , she has edited three editions of her department custom text with Fountainhead Press entitled Public Speaking for College, Competition, and Career. Her online interpersonal communication text, The Interpersonal Project: Tools for Building, Maintaining, and Repairing Relationships , is being used across her department.

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