Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum

This short, inexpensive guide is designed to help readers learn to think critically about any subject-matter. A combination of instruction and exercises shows them how to use critical thinking to more fully to appreciate the power of the discipline they are studying, to see its connections to other fields and to their day-to-day lives, to maintain an overview of the field so they can see the parts in terms of the whole, and to become active learners rather than passive recipients of information. Content is based on Richard Paul's model of critical thinking--the model used in workshops on critical thinking presented by the Foundation for Critical Thinking. What Is Critical Thinking? What Is Critical Thinking Within a Field or Discipline? The Elements of Reasoning. Standards of Critical Thinking. Using the Elements and Standards to Think Things Through. For anyone who wants to learn critical thinking skills applicable to any field.