Thinking Skills
Author(s): John Butterworth
Thinking Skills involves the learning of a specific set of intellectual skills independent of subject content. This book encourages students to reflect on the processes of thinking, as well as to practise thinking skills. It matches the University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) syllabus in AS Thinking Skills and is endorsed by CIE. The book is divided into two parts, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, As well as giving students thorough grounding in these areas, the authors provide opportunities for students to analyse and evaluate arguments, analyse numerical and graphical information and develop a range of skills including data handling, logic and reasoning. Features include: * a range of stimulating activities for students * a summary of key concepts at the end of each unit * end-of-unit assignments * answers to problems * past examination questions. Contents: THINKING SKILLS: PART 1: Critical Thinking: 1. What is argument?; 2. Recognising arguments; 3. Responding to arguments; 4. Analysing arguments; 5. More complex arguments; 6. Claims; 7. Conclusions; 8. Drawing conclusions; inference; 9. Assumptions; 10. Sound or unsound?; 11. Finding Flaws; 12. Challenging an argument; 13. Lending support; 14. Explanation; 15. Looking at evidence; 16. More evidence; 17. Case study; Who's telling the truth; 18. Case study: Collision course; 19. Introducing longer arguments; 20. Applying analysis skills; 21. Critical evaluation; 22. Further argument; 23. The appliance of science; 24. Conditions; 25. Principles; 26. An argument under the microscope; 27. Synthesis; 28. Critical marking; PART 2: Problem Solving: 1. What do we mean by a 'problem'?; 2. How do we solve problems?; 3. Selecting and using information; 4. Processing data; 5. Finding methods of solution; 6. Solving problems by searching; 7. Spatial reasoning; 8. Recognising patterns; 9. Making choices and decisions; 10. Using models; 11. Combining skills - using imagination; 12. Using other mathematical methods; 13. Use of more complex diagrams; 14. Modelling and investigating; 15. Analysis: hypotheses, reasons and inference; 16. Have you solved it?; Solutions to problems; Glossary; Index
General Information
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- : Cambridge University Press
- : Cambridge University Press
- : 01 May 2005
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 March 2021
- : books
Other Specifications
- : John Butterworth
- : Paperback
- : 160
- : 280
- : History
- : 3 colour book
More About The Product
PART 1: Critical Thinking: 1. What is argument?; 2. Recognising arguments; 3. Responding to arguments; 4. Analysing arguments; 5. More complex arguments; 6. Claims; 7. Conclusions; 8. Drawing conclusions; inference; 9. Assumptions; 10. Sound or unsound?; 11. Finding Flaws; 12. Challenging an argument; 13. Lending support; 14. Explanation; 15. Looking at evidence; 16. More evidence; 17. Case study; Who's telling the truth; 18. Case study: Collision course; 19. Introducing longer arguments; 20. Applying analysis skills; 21. Critical evaluation; 22. Further argument; 23. The appliance of science; 24. Conditions; 25. Principles; 26. An argument under the microscope; 27. Synthesis; 28. Critical marking; PART 2: Problem Solving: 1. What do we mean by a 'problem'?; 2. How do we solve problems?; 3. Selecting and using information; 4. Processing data; 5. Finding methods of solution; 6. Solving problems by searching; 7. Spatial reasoning; 8. Recognising patterns; 9. Making choices and decisions; 10. Using models; 11. Combining skills - using imagination; 12. Using other mathematical methods; 13. Use of more complex diagrams; 14. Modelling and investigating; 15. Analysis: hypotheses, reasons and inference; 16. Have you solved it?; Solutions to problems; Glossary; Index.
