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Critical Thinking w/ Connect Plus for Critical Thinking Access Card

Author: Brooke Noel Moore | Language: English | ISBN: 0077510852 | Format: EPUB

Critical Thinking w/ Connect Plus for Critical Thinking Access Card Description

Imagine a class where students are actively and personally engaged in thinking critically while also discovering how to apply those thinking skills in everyday life. Now imagine those same students confidently participating in class, working efficiently through the exercises outside class, and performing better in the course.

With Connect Critical Thinking, students can achieve this success. Connect Critical Thinking is a first: a learning program with pedagogical tools that are anchored in research on critical thinking.

Along with Moore & Parker’s engaging writing style and the wealth of topical exercises and examples that are relevant to students’ lives, Connect Critical Thinking helps ensure that students can come to class confident and prepared. What other course provides students with skills they can apply so broadly to success in school and success in life?

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• Paperback: 546 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 10 edition (June 6, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0077510852
• ISBN-13: 978-0077510855
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

I have a mixture of opinions about this book.

Pros:
-There are *some* pretty good examples through the use of stories from real world events.
-The end of each chapter has a decent summary.
-Plethora of exercises as you go through the book.
-In short, decent explanations and readings.
-Accompanying free website with additional exercises/keywords/etc.

Cons:
-Despite some of the decent explanations, there are a handful of confusing segments.
-While there are many exercises, the answers aren't all in the back of the book. A rough estimate: for every ten exercises there are 2 answers in the back.
-The book has a few misspells.

In general, I think the book does an OK job. However, besides some of the confusing segments of the book, many of the exercises are questionable. My philosophy professor and classmates spent too much time in discussing what fallacies, rhetorical devices, etc were at use in the exercises - regarding the author's answers. The professor has disagreed with some of answers the book authors gave and also stated that some exercises included other errors not stated by them. I myself disagreed with a more than a few.

None of the exercises were used for grading purposes, but more for classroom participation. I'm highly upset that the book did NOT included all the answers! While the professor has chosen a select few exercises, all of them including the ones in the rest of book were not discussed. I am the type that if I spend my time doing exercises, I like to see the answer when I'm done. With the lack of answers, the book does not give you anyway to evaluate yourself. We didn't cover 3 chapters from this book in the course, but I continue to learn on my own (time permitting) about Critical Thinking.

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