Author: Richard Paul and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking
This is the complete library of the Thinker's Guide Series. The set contains all our Thinker's and Mini Guides * (520M, 525M, 530M, 533M, 535M, 550M, 553M, 555M, 560M, 563M, 565M, 570M, 573M, 575M, 580M, 583M** , 585M, 590M, 595M, 593M**, 534M** ).
**This Set now contains
534M A Glossary of Critical Thinking Terms and Concepts,
593M The Thinker's Guide to Intellectual Standards and
583M - A Critical Thinker’s Guide to Educational Fads
*Set does not contain Critical Thinking for Children and Aspiring Thinker's Guide to Critical Thinking
Author: Linda Elder and Richard Paul Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2008 Pages: 72 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-39-5 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-39-5
Humans routinely assess thinking – their own thinking, and that of others, and yet they don’t necessarily use standards for thought that are reasonable, rational, sound. To think well, people need to routinely meet intellectual standards, standards of clarity, precision, accuracy, relevance, depth, logic, and so forth. In this guide we offer a brief analysis of some of the most important intellectual standards in the English language. We look at their opposites. We argue for their contextualization within subjects and disciplines. And, we call attention to the forces that undermine their skilled use in thinking well.
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Author: Linda Elder and Richard Paul Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2009 Pages: 80 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-40-1
This compendium of terms is testament to the fact that critical thinking entails a body of concepts and principles which, when internalized and practiced, enable people to raise their thinking to a higher level. Critical thinking, in one form or another, has been implicit in the thinking of some people from the earliest days of homo sapiens (the species that thinks).
Once thinking was raised to the level of consciousness, it followed that at least some people would begin to think consciously about thinking (noticing its sometimes “flawed” nature). Yet we are still a considerable distance from the emergence of homo “criticus” sapiens (the species that thinks critically). Critical thinking has not yet become a dominant cultural value nor critical-mindedness (criticality) a common personal attribute.
Author: Richard Paul and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2008 Pages: 23 Dimensions: 4" x 51/2" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-10-5 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-10-4
The essence of critical thinking concepts and tools distilled into a 20-page pocket-size guide. It is a critical thinking supplement to any textbook or course. It is best used in conjunction with the Analytic Thinking Guide.
Author: Linda Elder and Richard Paul Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2007 Pages: 48 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-19-9 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-19-7
This guide focuses on the intellectual skills that enable one to analyze anything one might think about - questions, problems, disciplines, subjects, etc. It provides the common denominator between all forms of analysis.
Author: Linda Elder and Richard Paul Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2004 Pages: 32 Dimensions: 4" x 51/2" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-14-8 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-14-2
Designed to give the reader insight into the basic functions of the human mind and how knowledge of these functions (and their interrelations) can enable one to use one's intellect and emotions more effectively
Author: Linda Elder and Richard Paul Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2007 Pages: 96 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-34-2 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-34-0
The history of education is also the history of educational panaceas, the comings and goings of quick fixes for deep-seated educational problems. This old problem is dramatically on the increase. The result is intensifying fragmentation of energy and effort in the schools, together with a significant waste of time and money. Education will never be improved by educational fads, and the manner in which educational trends are marketed guarantees that they will be transformed into fads. In this guide, we briefly critique many of the current educational trends and fads. We focus on making the basic idea behind each of these fads intelligible so that its proper use — and likely misuse —can be taken into account.
The Thinker’s Guide to The Art of Socratic QuestioningNEW! Author: Richard Paul and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages: 96 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-31-8 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-31-9
Focuses on the mechanics of Socratic dialogue, on the conceptual tools that critical thinking brings to Socratic dialogue, and on the importance of questioning in cultivating the disciplined mind.
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Author: Richard Paul and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages: 49 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-20-2 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-20-3
Designed to help readers come to recognize bias in their nation’s news, to detect ideology, slant, and spin at work, and to recognize propaganda when exposed to it, so that they can reasonably determine what media messages need to be supplemented, counterbalanced, or thrown out entirely. It focuses on the internal logic of the news as well as societal influences on the media.
This thinker's guide contributes toward making intellectual work and deep learning more manageable, practical, and intuitive. Its goal is to foster lifelong learning and the traditional ideal of a liberally educated mind: a mind that questions, probes, and masters a variety of forms of knowledge, through command of itself, intellectual perseverance, and the tools of learning. In this guide we suggest a variety of strategies for becoming not just a better student but a master student.
The Miniature Guide on Active & Cooperative Learning Author: Wesley Hiler and Richard Paul Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages: 16 Dimensions: 4" x 5 1/2" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-13-X ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-13-5
Provides 27 simple ideas for the improvement of instruction. It lays the foundation for the ideas found in the Thinker's Guide How To Improve Student Learning.
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Author: Richard Paul and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages: 64 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0944583-30-X ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-30-2
The critical thinking competency standards articulated in this guide serve as a resource for teachers, curriculum designers, administrators and accrediting bodies. The use of these competencies across the curriculum will ensure that critical thinking is fostered in the teaching of any subject to all students at every grade level. This guide provides a framework for assessing students’ critical thinking abilities. It enables administrators, teachers and faculty at all levels to determine the extent to which students are reasoning critically within any subject or discipline.
The Thinker’s Guide to Engineering ReasoningNEW! Author: Richard Paul, Dr. Robert Niewoehner and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages: 56 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit):0-944583-33-4 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-33-3
Contains the essence of engineering reasoning concepts and tools. For faculty it provides a shared concept and vocabulary. For students it is a thinking supplement to any textbook for any engineering course.
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Author: Richard Paul and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages: 56 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-17-2 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-17-3
This guide provides insights into the nature of ethical reasoning, why it is so often flawed, and how to avoid those flaws. It lays out: the function of ethics, its main impediments, the social counterfeits of ethics, the elements of ethical reasoning, important ethical abilities and traits, the vocabulary of ethics, and the intellectual standards essential to the assessment of ethical reasoning.
Author: Richard Paul and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages: 56 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-27-X ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-27-2
An original approach to the identification of fallacies focusing on their relationship to human self deception, mental trickery, and manipulation. Introduces the concept of fallacies and details 44 foul ways to win an argument.
The Thinker’s Guide to How to Read a Paragraph Author: Richard Paul and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages: 60 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-21-0 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-21-0
This guide provides theory and activities necessary for deep comprehension. Imminently practical for students.
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The Thinker’s Guide to How to Write a Paragraph Author: Richard Paul and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2007 Pages: 56 Dimensions: 5 1/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-22-9 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-22-7
Writing is essential to learning. One cannot be educated and yet unable to communicate one's ideas in written form. But, learning to write can occur only through a process of cultivation requiring intellectual discipline. As with any set of complex skills, there are fundamentals of writing that must be internalized and then applied using one's thinking. This guide focuses on the most important of those fundamentals.
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Author: Richard Paul and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages: 48 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-18-0 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-18-0
This miniature guide consists of the essence of scientific thinking concepts and tools. It can be used as a supplement to any science textbook, for any science class. The essence of scientific thinking concepts and tools. It focuses on the intellectual skills inherent in the well cultivated scientific thinker.
The Miniature Guide to The Art of Asking Essential Questions Author: Linda Elder and Richard Paul Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages: 48 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-16-4 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-16-6
Author: Richard Paul and Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages:64 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8"
ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-32-6 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-32-6 Critical Thinking Reading & Writing Testassesses the ability of students to use reading and writing as tools for acquiring knowledge. To appreciate the significance of this test, it is important to understand the integral relationship between reading, writing, and learning.
Author: Dr. Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2006 Pages: 24 Dimensions: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" ISBN (10Digit): 0-944583-29-6 ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-29-6
The essence of critical thinking concepts and tools written in language accessible to children. This mini-guide is designed for K–6 classroom use. It explains basic critical thinking principles to children using cartoon characters. It focuses on the concepts of fairmindedness and selfishness, the elements of reasoning, intellectual standards, and intellectual virtues.
Author: Linda Elder and Richard Paul Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Copyright: 2009 Pages: 52 Dimensions: 51/4" x 8" ISBN (13Digit): 978-0-944583-41-8
This new Thinker's Guide was created specifically for the aspiring young learner, however the content and approach are applicable to students and people of all ages. This guide introduces critical thinking concepts and provides strategies for developing one's own critical thinking process. Its full color images and glossy format help capture the attention of the teenage or pre-teen student while focusing on the essence of critical thinking as it applies to today's world. The skills implicit in this guide apply to all subjects. Teachers can use it to design instruction, assignments and tests in any subject. Students can use it to improve their learning in any content area.
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This set includes the thinker’s guides which focus on the foundations of critical thinking. It also includes those guides useful in contextualizing essential critical thinking concepts and principles for classroom instruction. And it contains the thinker’s guides we recommend for student use.
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