Rules for reasoning revisited : toward a scientific conception of critical thinking / D. Alan Bensley -- Critical thinking and systems thinking / Martin Reynolds -- Developing critical thinking through probability models / Einav Aizikovitsh-Udi -- The promotion of critical thinking skills through argument mapping / Christopher Dwyer, Michael Hogan, Ian Stewart -- Beyond gdp : towards a new system of social accounts / Frédéric Lebaron -- A four-component instructional model for teacher training in critical-thinking instruction : its effectiveness and influential factors / Yu-chu Yeh -- Crucial connections : an exploration of critical thinking and scholarly writing / Roisin Donnelly, Marian Fitzmaurice -- How can critical thinking be recognized in the classroom? / Patrícia Albergaria-Almeida, José Joaquim Cristino Teixeira-Dias, Mariana Martinho -- Collaborative argumentation in structured and unstructured chat environments / Timo Salmine, Miika Marttunen, Leena Laruinen -- Critical thinking : epistemological disturbances to improve critical thinking / Laurence Simonneaux.
Summary
In reflective problem solving and thoughtful decision making using critical thinking one considers evidence, the context of judgement, the relevant criteria for making the judgement well, the applicable methods or techniques for forming the judgement, and the applicable theoretical constructs for understanding the problem and the question at hand. In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of critical thinking. Topics discussed include developing critical thinking through probability models; the promotion of critical thinking skills through argument mapping; an instructional model for teacher training in critical thinking; and, advanced academic literacy and critical thinking and critical thinking and higher education. -- Preface.
