This book is part of an effective, evidence based method to teach critical thinking and essay writing skills: Critical Thinking with Rationale.
This distinctive method was developed at the University of Melbourne in the beginning of this century through 5 years of research and is used now by thousands of students worldwide.
This method emphasises deliberate practice of reasoning skills by argument mapping, a technique to visualise the underlying logical structure of argumentation.
Empirical evidence suggests that practice with argument mapping results in improved critical thinking skills.
Rationale - available in English, Spanish, Dutch, German - is an online program at ReasoningLab.com that enables students to structure their thinking and writing by organizing information and making argument maps (individually or simultaneously together) and export them as text.
As such, Rationale is especially developed for implementing critical thinking training in classroom environments.
Rationale is used all over the world in different levels of education.
Individual users can develop their critical thinking skills by using the Self Study Guide out of the book in combination with Rationale.
This book focuses on the basic concepts of critical thinking, as they are used in this method.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1Critical Thinking
Knowledge, skills and attitude
1.2How to Develop your Critical Thinking Skills?
Basic principles
1.3Argument Mapping
What is argument mapping?
History of argument mapping
1.4Rationale
2Topics Critical Thinking with Rationale
2.1Grouping
Topic 1: Grouping
Topic 2: Hierarchical Grouping
2.2Reasoning
Topic 3: Critical Thinking
Topic 4: Knowledge
Topic 5: Argument
Topic 6: Reason
Topic 7: Objection
Topic 8: Basis
2.3Structuring
Topic 9: Proposition
Topic 10: Identifying Arguments in Prose
Topic 11: Identifying Contentions
Topic 12: Indicators
Topic 13: Indicators – examples
Topic 14: Re?ning Claims
2.4Analyzing
Topic 15: Assumption
Topic 16: Rabbit Principle
Topic 17: Holding Hands Principle
Topic 18: Inference Objection
Topic 19: Argument Pattern
Topic 20: Deductive Argument
Topic 21: Inductive Argument
Topic 22: Abductive Argument
2.5Evaluating
Topic 23: Evaluating Claims
Topic 24: Evaluating Reasons
Topic 25: Cognitive Bias
Topic 26: Fallacy
3Definitions
Maps of the concepts ‘Claim’ and ‘Argument’
4Self Study Guide
References
This distinctive method was developed at the University of Melbourne in the beginning of this century through 5 years of research and is used now by thousands of students worldwide.
This method emphasises deliberate practice of reasoning skills by argument mapping, a technique to visualise the underlying logical structure of argumentation.
Empirical evidence suggests that practice with argument mapping results in improved critical thinking skills.
Rationale - available in English, Spanish, Dutch, German - is an online program at ReasoningLab.com that enables students to structure their thinking and writing by organizing information and making argument maps (individually or simultaneously together) and export them as text.
As such, Rationale is especially developed for implementing critical thinking training in classroom environments.
Rationale is used all over the world in different levels of education.
Individual users can develop their critical thinking skills by using the Self Study Guide out of the book in combination with Rationale.
This book focuses on the basic concepts of critical thinking, as they are used in this method.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1Critical Thinking
Knowledge, skills and attitude
1.2How to Develop your Critical Thinking Skills?
Basic principles
1.3Argument Mapping
What is argument mapping?
History of argument mapping
1.4Rationale
2Topics Critical Thinking with Rationale
2.1Grouping
Topic 1: Grouping
Topic 2: Hierarchical Grouping
2.2Reasoning
Topic 3: Critical Thinking
Topic 4: Knowledge
Topic 5: Argument
Topic 6: Reason
Topic 7: Objection
Topic 8: Basis
2.3Structuring
Topic 9: Proposition
Topic 10: Identifying Arguments in Prose
Topic 11: Identifying Contentions
Topic 12: Indicators
Topic 13: Indicators – examples
Topic 14: Re?ning Claims
2.4Analyzing
Topic 15: Assumption
Topic 16: Rabbit Principle
Topic 17: Holding Hands Principle
Topic 18: Inference Objection
Topic 19: Argument Pattern
Topic 20: Deductive Argument
Topic 21: Inductive Argument
Topic 22: Abductive Argument
2.5Evaluating
Topic 23: Evaluating Claims
Topic 24: Evaluating Reasons
Topic 25: Cognitive Bias
Topic 26: Fallacy
3Definitions
Maps of the concepts ‘Claim’ and ‘Argument’
4Self Study Guide
References
