OCR AS Critical Thinking Unit 1: Introduction to critical thinking Workbook Single Copy

Summary:
This workbook for OCR Critical Thinking will help build your understanding by answering questions on all key topics.
For use either in class or for homework, this full colour Workbook provides stimulus materials on all the topics in the unit. These are followed by sets of questions designed to develop and test skills. Additional exam-style questions will help you put what you have learned into practice ready for the unit exam. Answers are available online at www.hodderplus.co.uk/philipallan/workbooks so you can check and assess your responses.
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• Builds knowledge and confidence with unit and topic specific exercises
  

• Develops students' skills throughout their course, right up to the exam 
  

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Table of Contents:
Introduction
The language of reasoning
The relevance of critical thinking
Analysing arguments
Evaluating evidence
Credibility
Applying credibility criteria
Reputation of sources
Evaluating visual material
Specimen examination paper

About the Author(s):
Dr Jill Swale is the Thinking and Teaching Strategies Coordinator at Kendrick School, Reading. Jill has developed staff training in different learning styles and thinking skills at Kendrick School, where she introduced Critical Thinking and now trains other staff to teach it.

Readership:
OCR AS Critical Thinking