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Product Identifiers
PublisherPearson Education
ISBN-100321907957
ISBN-139780321907950
eBay Product ID (ePID)177321597
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAsking the Right Questions
SubjectEducational Psychology, General, Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Education
AuthorStuart M. Keeley, M. Neil Browne
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number11
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2013-038391
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal808
Table Of ContentChapter 1: The Benefit and Manner of Asking the Right Questions Chapter 2: Speed Bumps Interfering with Your Critical Thinking Chapter 3: What Are the Issue and the Conclusion? Chapter 4: What Are the Reasons? Chapter 5: What Words or Phrases Are Ambiguous? Chapter 6: What Are the Value and Descriptive Assumptions? Chapter 7: Are There Any Fallacies in the Reasoning? Chapter 8: How Good Is the Evidence: Intuition, Personal Experience, Case Examples, Testimonials, and Appeals to Authority? Chapter 9: How Good Is the Evidence: Personal Observation, Research Studies, and Analogies? Chapter 10: Are There Rival Causes? Chapter 11: Are the Statistics Deceptive? Chapter 12 What Significant Information Is Omitted? Chapter 13: What Reasonable Conclusions Are Possible?
SynopsisUsed in a variety of courses in various disciplines, Asking the Right Questions helps students bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. Specifically, this concise text teaches students to think critically by exploring the components of arguments--issues, conclusions, reasons, evidence, assumptions, language--and on how to spot fallacies and manipulations and obstacles to critical thinking in both written and visual communication. It teaches them to respond to alternative points of view and develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject.