Critical Thinking
Get smarter - in every part
of your life.
- Practical skills for
thinking more clearly - and making more effective decisions
- Thinking strategically:
using effective thinking to achieve your goals and enhance your life
- Evaluating thinking: yours
and everyone else's
- Overcoming the obstacles to
effective thinking
- Thinking more effectively
in your personal and business relationships
- Includes exercises for
honing your thinking skills every day
The world gets more complex
every day. There's only one way to cope - get smarter. Thinking more effectively
gives you greater control over your life, helps you overcome adversity and makes it easier
to transform your dreams into reality. Effective thinking is no mystery. It consists of
practical skills anyone can learn, practice, and improve. Critical Thinking
gives you those skills.
Richard W. Paul and Linda
Elder show you how to "take thinking apart" and assess it for quality. You'll
learn how to improve all three components of thinking - analysis, evaluation, and
re-thinking. Then, through "brains-on" exercises, you'll discover and hone new
thinking skills that'll soon become second nature.
Critical Thinking will
help you in hundreds of ways. It will enable you to solve problems more effectively, make
better decisions, recognize pathological thinking, and avoid being manipulated. Above all,
it will give you the confidence and courage to recognize the path that's right for you - and
take it.
358 pages