{"product_id":"the-vocabulary-of-critical-thinking","title":"The Vocabulary of Critical Thinking","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vocabulary of Critical Thinking offers an innovative way to improve students thinking skills. It begins at a practical level by helping students master the crucial terms that are the building blocks of critical thinking--terms such as \"generalization \" \"inferring \" \"to confirm \" \"justifying \" \"assumption \" and others. The book provides hundreds of short  accessible readings that illustrate the concepts and related thinking skills. It explains in a step-by-step fashion how students can perform the specific skills themselves.  Organized around nine basic skills--including comparing  generalizing  inferring  judging sources  experimenting  making value judgments  defining terms  assuming  and thinking creatively--The Vocabulary of Critical Thinking walks students through definitions  explanations  and applications of 108 words. Each chapter is comprised of four parts. The first part establishes a solid foundation by defining six or seven words related to one skill. The second part gives interesting real-world examples (from books and newspapers) that illustrate the concepts. The third part includes exercises allowing students to analyze a writers arguments and thinking. Finally  each chapter ends with writing exercises that help students use a particular skill in their own writing.  As students learn specific definitions of such terms as \"analogy \" \"sample \" and \"hypothesis \" they will gain a better understanding of how writers use the terms. By studying the words in context  along with author Phil Washburns commentary and questions  they will come to understand such vital types of thinking as assessing sources  determining causes  and recognizing fallacies. Students will improve their competence gradually  without being intimidated by abstract rules and technical terms.  Enhanced by numerous study questions  exercises  arguments for analysis  and writing tasks  The Vocabulary of Critical Thinking also features drawings  photographs  and an annotated bibliography. Ideal for courses in critical thinking and reasoning  it can also be used in a variety of courses on writing  the humanities  interdisciplinary topics  study skills  and college preparation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945775984693,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195324803","price":30.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195324808.jpg?v=1769910390","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-vocabulary-of-critical-thinking","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}