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There are several thousand ebooks
that touch on the topic of critical thinking.
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he following are examples of ebooks located in Netlibrary. These are
just a few of the many titles.
- Critical Thinking: An Introduction to the Basic Skills by Hughes, William.
Publication: Peterborough, Ont. Broadview Press, 2000.
- Critical Thinking for Students: How to Assess Arguments and Effectively Present Your
Own by Brink-Budgen, Roy van den. Publication: Oxford How To Books, Ltd., 1999.
- Critical Reading: Making Sense of Research Papers in Life Sciences
and Medicine
Routledge
Study Guides by Yudkin,
Ben.
London, New
York Taylor
& Francis Routledge,
2006.
The paper
trail THE
DEEP END
When you
study from a
textbook,
quite a lot
of the book
is devoted
to
explaining
the
background
to each
topic and
any
technical
terms. Pick
up a
research
paper
however, and
it is likely
that the
first words
you read.
- Critical Reasoning: A Practical Introduction by Thomson, Anne. London, New York Routledge, 2002.
- Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide by Bowell, Tracy.; Kemp,
Gary
Publication:
London,
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Why should we become critical thinkers?
Sections include: Beginning to think critically: recognizing arguments;
Identifying conclusions and premises; Intermediate conclusions and Linguistic phenomena.
- Critical Squares: Games of Critical Thinking and Understanding by Tishman, Shari.;
Andrade, Albert.
Publication:
Englewood, Colo Libraries Unlimited, 1997.
- Critical Systems Analysis and Design: A Personal Framework Approach
by Patel, Nandish V.London, New York Taylor & Francis Routledge, 2005.
Foundations for critical learning and teaching Part I provides the foundational
development for a PCF perspective
It is the pedagogical basis for developing criticality.
The contents of a PCF determine how it is used to anticipate
- Curriculum
Integration:
Designing the
Core of
Democratic
Education
by Beane, James A.
New York
Teachers
College
Press, 1997.
Suppose that
we are going
to work with
a group of
students on
a unit about
"Environmental
Issues,"
including
major
concepts or
"big ideas"
such as
conservation,
pollution,
politics,
and
economics.
- Critical
English for
Academic
Purposes:
Theory,
Politics, and
Practice|
by Benesch,
Sarah.Publication:
Mahwah, N.J.
Lawrence
Erlbaum
Associates,
Inc., 2001.
- Developing More
Curious Minds +
by Barell,
John.
Publication:
Alexandria,
Va.
Assoc.
for
Supervision
and
Curriculum
Development,
2003.
John Barell
Teaching is awakening the curiosity of young minds.
- Evidence-based Family Medicine by Rosser, Walter.; Shafir, M. Sharon.Publication:
Hamilton, Ont. B.C. Decker, Inc., 1998.
- Language
and Limits:
Resisting Reform
in English
Studies
SUNY Series,
Literacy,
Culture, and
Learning by Tuman,
Myron C.
Albany State
University
of New York
Press, 1998.
- Law in Perspective: Ethics, Society and
Critical
Thinking by Head,
Michael.;
Mann, Scott.
Sydney, NSW University of New South Wales, 2005.
The
principal aim of this book is to encourage critical, responsible and
creative thinking about law as a system of ideas and as a social
institution.
It aims also to encourage exploration of the interrelations
between legal methods.
- Nursing Health Assessment: A Critical Thinking, Case Studies Approach
by Dillon, Patricia M.Publication: Philadelphia F.A.
Davis Company, 2003.
- Getting Started 10 UNIT I GETTING STARTED levels of
health care,
and assessment skills are needed at all levels.
Primary
preventive care focuses on health promotion and prevention.
- Smart Thinking for Crazy Times: The Art of Solving the Right Problems
by Mitroff, Ian I.
San Francisco?Berrett Koehler, 1998.
THE FOUNDATION FOR SMART THINKING illustrate how all institutions
and sectors of society persistently engage in solving the wrong problems precisely.
The Four Steps of the Problem-Solving Process
is presented.
- Students As Researchers: Creating Classrooms That Matter.
London ; Bristol, Pa. Taylor & Francis, 1998.
- Teaching
Youth Media: A
Critical
Guide to
Literacy,
Video
Production &
Social Change
Series On
School Reform
by Goodman,
Steven.
Publication: New York Teachers College Press, 2003.
- Technology Connections for Grades 3-5: Research Projects and Activities
by Heller, Norma.
Publication:
Englewood,
Colo.
Libraries
Unlimited,
1998.
- Thinking
From A to Z
by
Warburton,
Nigel.
Publication:
New York
Taylor &
Francis,
2003.
- The
Thinking Game: A Guide to
Effective Study Chatham
House Studies in
Political
Thinking
by Meehan,
Eugene J.
Publication:
Chatham,
N.J. Chatham
House, an
imprint of
Seven
Bridges,
1988.
- Thinking It Through: Linking Language Skills,
Thinking Skills and Drama by Thompson, Gill.;
Evans, Huw. Publication: London David Fulton Publishers, 2005.
- 25 Days
to Better
Thinking
& Better Living:
A Guide for
Improving Every
Aspect of Your
Life
by Elder,
Linda.;
Paul,
Richard.
Upper Saddle
River, NJ
Pearson
Education,
Inc., 2006.
- 501 Challenging Logic and Reasoning Problems
Earning Express Skill Builders Series (New York, N.Y.)
Publication: New York Learning Express, 1999.
Introduction This book—which can be used alone,
along with other logic and reasoning texts of your choice, or in combination with the Learning Express
publication.
- Transforming Critical Thinking: Thinking Constructively by
Thayer-Bacon, Barbara J. Publication:
New York Teachers College Press, 2000.
The book presents questions on how to define critical
thinking, how to teach
it, how to encourage others to use it, and finally how to test students
to
make sure they've learned it.
- Writing Science Through Critical Thinking. Jones and Bartlett Series in Logic, Critical Thinking,
and Scientific Method by Moriarty, Marilyn F.Sudbury, Mass. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Inc., 1997.
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Selected Books and Materials in SPC
Libraries
The libraries offer numerous resources in many formats on
critical thinking.
Books
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Active learning: Creating excitement in
the classroom.This book covers the research on using active learning
strategies, guidance on incorporating active learning in the classroom,
including the use of modified lectures, discussions, and other individual
and group strategies. Bonwell, J. and Eison, J. (1991).
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Asking the right questions : a guide to critical
thinking. Browne, M. Neil,
Upper Saddle River, N.J.
:Pearson Prentice Hall,c2007.
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Blueprint for Learning.
This book familiarizes readers with course design elements; enables them to
understand themselves as individuals and teachers; know their students;
adapt to the learning environment; design courses that promote deep
learning; and assess the impact of the teaching practices and design choices
they have made. She provides tools to create a full syllabus, offers
guidance on such issues as framing questions that encourage discussion,
developing assignments with rubrics, and creating tests. Richlin (2006).
- Classroom Assessment Techniques.Classroom
Assessment Techniques offers a host of in-class techniques for determining
students' current understanding of the material. As many of the techniques
use reflection, the mindful thinking on the part of students gets them
thinking critically about their learning. Angelo & Cross (1993)
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Collaborative Learning Techniques.vA
scholarly and well-written handbook that guides teachers through all aspects
of group work, providing solid information on what to do, how to do it, and
why it is important to student learning. Synthesizing the relevant research
and good practice literature, the authors present detailed procedures for
thirty collaborative learning techniques (CoLTs) and offer practical
suggestions on a wide range of topics, including how to form groups, assign
roles, build team spirit, solve problems, and evaluate and grade student
participation.Barkley, Cross, & Major (2004).
- Course Portfolio (The). The volume
covers defining features and functions, steps in development, audiences and
occasions for use, and the course portfolio's place in the development of a
scholarship of teaching and learning. It also includes nine case studies by
faculty in a range of disciplines who have developed and used course
portfolios, as well as an annotated resource list. Hutchings & Shulman (1998
- Creating Significant Learning Experiences.Fink
provides several conceptual and procedural tools that will be invaluable for
all teachers when designing instruction. He takes important existing ideas
in the literature on college teaching (active learning, educative
assessment), adds some new ideas (a taxonomy of significant learning, the
concept of a teaching strategy), and shows how to systematically combine
these in a way that results in powerful learning experiences for students.
Fink (2003)
- Critical thinking: How to prepare students for a
rapidly changing world. Richard Paul, one of the founding members of
the Foundation for Critical Thinking is advocating that instructors put
critical thinking at the core of their instruction. This book covers both
critical thinking theory and teaching for critical thinking in depth. Paul,
R. (1995)
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Critical thinking : tools for taking charge of
your learning and your life.
Upper Saddle River, NJ
:Pearson/Prentice Hall,c2006.
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Critical thinking : unfinished business.
Christine M. McMahon, editor.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2005.
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Critical thinking for multiple learning
styles. Karen M. Streeter.
Westminster, CA : Teacher Created
Resources, Inc., 2005
- Current issues and enduring questions : a guide to
critical thinking and argument with
readings.
Boston : Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2005.
- Engaging the Online Learner. Engaging the
Online Learner includes an innovative framework—the Phases of
Engagement—that helps instructors become more involved as knowledge
generators and cofacilitators of a course. The book also provides specific
ideas for tested activities (collected from experienced online instructors
across the nation) that can go a long way to improving online learning.
Conrad (2004)
- The international critical thinking reading and
writing test : how to assess
close reading and
substantive writing.
Paul, Richard. Dillion Beach, CA :Foundation
for Critical thinking,c2006.
- Learning to think things through : a guide to
critical thinking across the curriculum.
Gerald M. Nosich. Published Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice
Hall, c2005.
- A miniature guide for those who teach on how to
improve student learning : 30 practical ideas.
Paul, Richard. Dillon Beach, CA :Foundation
for Critical Thinking,c2006.
- Medical-surgical nursing : critical thinking in
client care.
Upper Saddle River, N.J.
:Pearson/Prentice Hall,c2008.
- Teaching at its best: A research-based resource for
college instructors.Teaching at its best has hundreds of practical
strategies and classroom activities, including many that teach for critical
thinking, such as teaching problem-solving, using course portfolios, and
getting students to do the readings. Nilson, L. (2003)
- Team-based Learning.This book describes
team-based learning (TBL), an unusually powerful and versatile teaching
strategy that enables teachers to take small group learning to a whole new
level of effectiveness. It is the only pedagogical use of small groups that
is based on a recognition of the critical difference between "groups" and
"teams", and intentionally employs specific procedures to transform
newly-formed groups into high performance learning teams. Michaelsen,
Knight, & Fink (2004
- The thinker’s guide to the art of socratic
questioning.
Paul, Richard. Dillon Beach, CA :Foundation
for Critical Thinking,c2006.
- The thinker’s guide to understanding the foundations of ethical
reasoning.
Paul, Richard. Dillon Beach, CA :Foundation
for Critical Thinking,c2006.
- What matters in America : reading and writing about contemporary
culture.
Gary Goshgarian.
New York : Pearson Longman, 2006.
Series
Set of 20 Thinker's Guides:
Foundation for Critical Thinking (2006)
- Active and Cooperative Learning
- Analytic Thinking
- Art of Socratic Questioning
- Critical & Creative Thinking
- Critical Thinking Competency Standards
- Critical Thinking Reading & Writing Test
- Critical Thinking, Concepts & Tools
- Engineering Reasoning
- Ethical Reasoning
- Fallacies: The Art of Mental Trickery
- How to Detect Media Bias & Propaganda
- How to Improve Student Learning
- How to Read a Paragraph
- How to Study & Learn
- How to Write a Paragraph
- Intellectual Standards
- Scientific Thinking
- Taking Charge of the Human Mind
- The Art of Asking Essential Questions
- A Critical Thinker's Guide to Educational Fads
Media/AV
- Why ads work [videorecording] : the power of self-deception. Lake
Zurich, IL :
The Learning Seed, c1996. Audio/Visual Material Videorecording
VHS 1 videocassette (23 min.) : sd., color ; 1/2 in. + 1 study guide.
- Communicating with clients and colleagues from different cultures [videorecording].
Mosby ; Samuel Merritt College, Studio Three Productions. [St. Louis, Mo.]
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Mosby-Year Book, c1995. Audio/Visual Mat Videorecording VHS
1 videocassette (26 min., 7 sec.) : sd., color ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide (7
pages ).
- Critical thinking [videorecording]
: how to evaluate information and draw
conclusions / written,
produced, and directed by John Hopkins.
Mount Kisco, N.Y. : Center for Humanities, 1987.
Audio/Visual Material
Videorecording VHS 1 videocassette : sd., color ; 1/2
in. + 1 program guide.
- Media truth or fiction [videorecording] : what can you believe?
/ written and
narrated by Jeffrey Schrank. Lake Zurich, Ill. : Learning
Seed, c1997.
Audio/Visual Material Videorecording VHS 1 videocassette (23
min.) :
sd., color ; 1/2 in. + 1 study guide (12 pages ; 22 centimeters )
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