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Critical thinking and reasoning : current research, theory, and practice / edited by Daniel Fasko, Jr.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives on creativityPublisher: Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: ix, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1572734590
  • 9781572734593
  • 1572734604
  • 9781572734609
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.42 21
LOC classification:
  • BF441 .C74 2003
Contents:
1. Critical Thinking: Origins, Historical Development Future Directions / Daniel Fasko, Jr. -- 2. The Philosophy of Critical Thinking and Informal Logic / Michael Scriven -- 3. Communities for Developing Minds / Arthur L. Costa -- 4. Styles of Thinking / Robert J. Sternberg -- 5. Critical Thinking Et Tu / Jack Lochhead and Judith Collison -- 6. Learning New Problem Solving Strategies by Observing and Explaining / Kevin Crowley -- 7. Using a Complex Rule in Different Domains: When Familiar Schemes Don't Help / Merry Bullock, Gertrud Nunner-Winkler, Elsbeth Stern, Alejandro Lopez and Albert Ziegler -- 8. Critical Thinking in Adulthood / Stephen Brookfield -- 9. The Developments of Thinking: Commentary / Henry Markovits -- 10. Chaos in the Classroom: The New Science Applied to Instructional Practice / Thomasina DePinto Piercy and William Piercy -- 11. Infusing Critical and Creative Thinking into Instruction in High School Classrooms / Robert Swartz -- 12. Critical Thinking in Colleges and Universities: A Model / George M. Luckey, Jr. -- 13. Some Foundational Thoughts on Critical Thinking Practice / Mark Weinstein -- 14. Critical Thinking Assessment / Robert H. Ennis -- 15. The Meaning of Critical Thinking Test Performance: The Effects of Abilities and Dispositions on Scores / Stephen P. Norris -- 16. What Can Performance-Based Assessment Tell Us About Student's Reasoning? / Michal S. Lomask and Joan Boycoff Baron -- 17. The "How" and "Why" of Critical Thinking Assessment / Diane Halpern -- 18. Neglected Issues in the Field of Critical Thinking / Vincent Ryan Ruggiero.
Review: "This comprehensive book reviews current literature and research on critical thinking and reasoning. It includes chapters on theory, development, teaching and assessment and it is the first critical thinking book that focuses on all four areas." "The book is interactive as there is a discussant who provides commentaries to the author(s). The discussants look at the differences in each author's contribution and integrates it with input from their own research and work."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Critical Thinking: Origins, Historical Development Future Directions / Daniel Fasko, Jr. -- 2. The Philosophy of Critical Thinking and Informal Logic / Michael Scriven -- 3. Communities for Developing Minds / Arthur L. Costa -- 4. Styles of Thinking / Robert J. Sternberg -- 5. Critical Thinking Et Tu / Jack Lochhead and Judith Collison -- 6. Learning New Problem Solving Strategies by Observing and Explaining / Kevin Crowley -- 7. Using a Complex Rule in Different Domains: When Familiar Schemes Don't Help / Merry Bullock, Gertrud Nunner-Winkler, Elsbeth Stern, Alejandro Lopez and Albert Ziegler -- 8. Critical Thinking in Adulthood / Stephen Brookfield -- 9. The Developments of Thinking: Commentary / Henry Markovits -- 10. Chaos in the Classroom: The New Science Applied to Instructional Practice / Thomasina DePinto Piercy and William Piercy -- 11. Infusing Critical and Creative Thinking into Instruction in High School Classrooms / Robert Swartz -- 12. Critical Thinking in Colleges and Universities: A Model / George M. Luckey, Jr. -- 13. Some Foundational Thoughts on Critical Thinking Practice / Mark Weinstein -- 14. Critical Thinking Assessment / Robert H. Ennis -- 15. The Meaning of Critical Thinking Test Performance: The Effects of Abilities and Dispositions on Scores / Stephen P. Norris -- 16. What Can Performance-Based Assessment Tell Us About Student's Reasoning? / Michal S. Lomask and Joan Boycoff Baron -- 17. The "How" and "Why" of Critical Thinking Assessment / Diane Halpern -- 18. Neglected Issues in the Field of Critical Thinking / Vincent Ryan Ruggiero.

"This comprehensive book reviews current literature and research on critical thinking and reasoning. It includes chapters on theory, development, teaching and assessment and it is the first critical thinking book that focuses on all four areas." "The book is interactive as there is a discussant who provides commentaries to the author(s). The discussants look at the differences in each author's contribution and integrates it with input from their own research and work."--BOOK JACKET.

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