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Critical Thinking, Science, and Pseudoscience

Author : Caleb W. Lack, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0826194265
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)

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Book Synopsis Critical Thinking, Science, and Pseudoscience by : Caleb W. Lack, PhD

Download or read book Critical Thinking, Science, and Pseudoscience written by Caleb W. Lack, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique text for undergraduate courses teaches students to apply critical thinking skills across all academic disciplines by examining popular pseudoscientific claims through a multidisciplinary lens. Rather than merely focusing on critical thinking grounded in philosophy and psychology, the text incorporates the perspectives of biology, physics, medicine, and other disciplines to reinforce different categories of rational explanation. The book is also distinguished by its respectful approach to individuals whose ideas are, according to the authors, deeply flawed. Accessible and engaging, it describes what critical thinking is, why it is important, and how to learn and apply skillsóusing scientific methods--that promote it. The text also examines why critical thinking can be difficult to engage in and explores the psychological and social reasons why people are drawn to and find credence in extraordinary claims. From alien abductions and psychic phenomena to strange creatures and unsupported alternative medical treatments, the text uses examples from a wide range of pseudoscience fields and brings evidence from diverse disciplines to critically examine these erroneous claims. Particularly timely is the text's examination of how, using the narrative of today's "culture wars," religion and culture impact science. The authors focus on how the human brain, rife with natural biases, does not process information in a rational fashion, and the social factors that prevent individuals from gaining an unbiased, critical perspective on information. Authored by a psychologist and a philosopher who have extensive experience teaching and writing on critical thinking and skeptical inquiry, this work will help students to strengthen their skills in reasoning and debate, become intelligent consumers of research, and make well-informed choices as citizens. Key Features: Addresses the foundations of critical thinking and how to apply it through the popular activity of examining pseudoscience Explains why humans are vulnerable to pseudoscientific claims and how critical thinking can overcome fallacies and biases Reinforces critical thinking through multidisciplinary analyses of pseudoscience Examines how religion and culture impact science Enlightens using an engaging, entertaining approach Written by experienced and innovative scholar/educators well known in the skeptic community Features teaching resources including an Instructor's Guide and Powepoint slides

Science Stories

Author : Clyde Freeman Herreid
Publisher : NSTA Press
ISBN 13 : 1936959917
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (369 download)

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Book Synopsis Science Stories by : Clyde Freeman Herreid

Download or read book Science Stories written by Clyde Freeman Herreid and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories give life and substance to scientific methods and provide an inside look at scientists in action. Case studies deepen scientific understanding, sharpen critical-thinking skills, and help students see how science relates to their lives. In Science Stories, Clyde Freeman Herreid, Nancy Schiller, and Ky Herreid have organized case studies into categories such as historical cases, science and the media, and ethics and the scientific process. Each case study comprises a story, classroom discussion questions, teaching notes and background information, objectives, and common misconceptions about the topic, as well as helpful references. College-level educators and high school teachers will find that this compilation of case studies will allow students to make connections between the classroom and everyday life.

Writing Science Through Critical Thinking

Author : Marilyn F. Moriarty
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780867205107
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Writing Science Through Critical Thinking by : Marilyn F. Moriarty

Download or read book Writing Science Through Critical Thinking written by Marilyn F. Moriarty and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1997 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and extensively class tested with NSF/NIH support, this timely and useful text addresses a crucial need which is acknowledged in most universities and colleges. It is the need for students to learn to write in the context of their field of study; in this case science. Although numerous "how to" writing books have been published, few, if any, address the central pedagogical issues underlying the process of learning to think and write scientifically. The direct connection between this writing skill and that of critical thinking is developed with engaging style by the author, an English professor. Moriarty's book is an invaluable guide for both undergraduate and graduate science students. In the process of learning the specific requirements of organization demanded by scientific writing, students will develop strategies for thinking through their scientific research, well before they sit down to write. This instructive text will be useful to students who need to satisfy a science writing proficiency requirement in the context of a science course, a course in technical writing, advanced composition, or writing for the profession.

Developing Critical Thinking Through Science

Author : June Main
Publisher : Critical Thinking Company
ISBN 13 : 9780894554223
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (542 download)

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Book Synopsis Developing Critical Thinking Through Science by : June Main

Download or read book Developing Critical Thinking Through Science written by June Main and published by Critical Thinking Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains standards-based activities for the physical sciences that help students learn the scientific method and develop analysis skills that can be applied to science and other subjects.

Critical Reasoning and Science

Author : Mark Holowchak
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761837947
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (379 download)

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Book Synopsis Critical Reasoning and Science by : Mark Holowchak

Download or read book Critical Reasoning and Science written by Mark Holowchak and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2007 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Reasoning and Science is an attempt to eliminate or at least diminish the feeling of estrangement that students may feel toward science. It is divided into three parts--a brief introduction to critical reasoning and science, a critical look at philosophical issues related to science, and a critical look at the practice of science. Overall, this work is unique in aim and functionality, as it is the first book to offer students a critical approach both to the philosophy and to the practice of science. Moreover, it aims to do so in a user-friendly manner by introducing material in short, digestible units (called "modules"). Each module has several history-of-science text boxes throughout as well as key terms, text questions, and text-box questions at its end. There are also ample practice exercises to test students on the material.

Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking and Teacher Education Pedagogy

Author : Robinson, Sandra P.A.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522578307
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking and Teacher Education Pedagogy by : Robinson, Sandra P.A.

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking and Teacher Education Pedagogy written by Robinson, Sandra P.A. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical thinking is an essential skill for learners and teachers alike. Therefore, it is essential that educators be given practical strategies for improving their critical thinking skills as well as methods to effectively provide critical thinking skills to their students. The Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking and Teacher Education Pedagogy examines and explains how new strategies, methods, and techniques in critical thinking can be applied to classroom practice and professional development to improve teaching and learning in teacher education and make critical thinking a tangible objective in instruction. This critical scholarly publication helps to shift and advance the debate on how critical thinking should be taught and offers insights into the significance of critical thinking and its effective integration as a cornerstone of the educational system. Highlighting topics such as early childhood education, curriculum, and STEM education, this book is designed for teachers/instructors, instructional designers, education professionals, administrators, policymakers, researchers, and academicians.

Writing in the Life Sciences

Author : Laurence S. Greene
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195170467
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Writing in the Life Sciences written by Laurence S. Greene and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practicing scientists know that the quality of their livelihood is strongly connected to the quality of their writing, and critical thinking is the most necessary and valuable tool for effectively generating and communicating scientific information. Writing in the Life Sciences is an innovative, process-based text that gives beginning writers the tools to write about science skillfully by taking a critical thinking approach. Laurence Greene emphasizes "writing as thinking" as he takes beginning writers through the important stages of planning, drafting, and revising their work. Throughout, he uses focused and systematic critical reading and thinking activities to help scientific writers develop the skills to effectively communicate. Each chapter addresses a particular writing task rather than a specific type of document. The book makes clear which tasks are important for all writing projects (i.e., audience analysis, attending to instructions) and which are unique to a specific writing project (rhetorical goals for each type of document). Ideal for Scientific Writing courses and writing-intensive courses in various science departments (e.g., Biology, Environmental Studies, etc.), this innovative, process-based text goes beyond explaining what scientific writing is and gives students the tools to do it skillfully.

Critical Thinking

Author : Max Black
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789126339
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Critical Thinking written by Max Black and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have tried to make this book an argument, not a catalogue of dogmas. Its ideal reader will find himself constantly asking questions, for which he will insist on finding his own answers. To avoid wasting his time, I have made the fullest use of authentic illustrations from newspapers, books, and other contemporary sources. One of the wisest things ever said about our subject is that “Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large doses.” While bearing this constantly in mind, I have also aimed at a high level of accuracy and the inclusion of nothing that would have to be unlearnt at a more advanced level of study. This book could never have been written without the help of the students to whom I have lectured on logic and scientific method. My chief obligations are to them. Logic ought to be easy, interesting, and enjoyable. This book will have been successful if it helps some readers to find it so.—Prof. Max Black

The Thinker's Guide to Scientific Thinking

Author : Richard Paul
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538133849
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Book Synopsis The Thinker's Guide to Scientific Thinking by : Richard Paul

Download or read book The Thinker's Guide to Scientific Thinking written by Richard Paul and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thinker’s Guide to Scientific Thinking focuses on developing the intellectual skills inherent in the well-cultivated practice of every area of scientific research and study. It helps students and practicing scientists come to reason within the logic of science and to see the field as a cohesive whole. From astronomers to zoologists and physicists to chemists, skilled scientists use careful analysis to question data, test theories, draw logical conclusions, and propose feasible solutions. Students in science courses, and scientists themselves will find their analytical abilities enhanced by the engaging framework of inquiry set forth by Richard Paul and Linda Elder in this guide. As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across world.

The Need for Critical Thinking and the Scientific Method

Author : Finlay MacRitchie
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351255851
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book The Need for Critical Thinking and the Scientific Method written by Finlay MacRitchie and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book exposes many of the misunderstandings about the scientific method and its application to critical thinking. It argues for a better understanding of the scientific method and for nurturing critical thinking in the community. This knowledge helps the reader to analyze issues more objectively, and warns about the dangers of bias and propaganda. The principles are illustrated by considering several issues that are currently being debated. These include anthropogenic global warming (often loosely referred to as climate change), dangers to preservation of the Great Barrier Reef, and the expansion of the gluten-free food market and genetic engineering.

Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning in the Health Sciences

Author : Noreen C. Facione
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781891557606
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (576 download)

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Book Synopsis Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning in the Health Sciences by : Noreen C. Facione

Download or read book Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning in the Health Sciences written by Noreen C. Facione and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology offers some answers by way of successful examples of favorite lessons which work when teaching for both thinking and content.

Clinical Reasoning

Author : Daniel J. Pesut
Publisher : Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Clinical Reasoning written by Daniel J. Pesut and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1999 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book helps students learn clinical reasoning skills to become more outcome oriented. It introduces the OPT (outcome, present state, test) model, an alternative to the nursing process, to help students develop the clinical reasoning skills required in contemporary practice. This model uses the client's story as a foundation for developing reasoning skills that are outcome focused, an area gaining importance in nursing. (judgement, critical thinking, reasoning, decision making, analyze)

Critical Thinking

Author : Tracy Bowell
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415240178
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Critical Thinking written by Tracy Bowell and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much-needed guide to thinking critically for oneself and how to tell a good argument from a bad one. Includes topical examples from politics, sport, medicine, music, chapter summaries, glossary and exercises.

Argument and Evidence

Author : Peter J. Phelan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134824009
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Argument and Evidence written by Peter J. Phelan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phelan and Reynolds' book is for anyone who needs to evaluate arguments and interpret evidence. It deals with the most fundamental aspects of academic study: * the ability to reason with ideas and evidence * to formulate arguments effectively * to appreciate the interplay between ideas and evidence in academic and media debate Argument and Evidence presents aspects of informal logic and statistical theory in a comprehensible way, enabling students to acquire skills in critical thinking which will outlast their undergraduate studies. Ideal as a companion for courses on methodology or study skills, Argument and Evidence will also be useful for other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.

Critical Reasoning in Contemporary Culture

Author : Richard A. Talaska
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791409794
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Critical Reasoning in Contemporary Culture written by Richard A. Talaska and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here we have, for the first time in a single volume, diverse perspectives on the meaning, conditions, and goals of critical reasoning in contemporary culture. Part One emphasizes critical reasoning and education, engaging the debate over the connection between critical reasoning skills and the learning of the content. Part Two offers analyses of the theoretical, methodological, and historical debates concerning critical reasoning abilities. The authors represent a variety of disciplines and theoretical approaches which lend the book valuable intellectual pluralism. The book evaluates other aspects of critical thinking such as creativity, insight, questioning, learning, practical thought, interpretation, intellectual prejudice, and the historical and temporary aspects of thought.

The Need for Critical Thinking and the Scientific Method

Author : Finlay MacRitchie
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351255851
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology

Author : Stephen H. Jenkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199981051
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology written by Stephen H. Jenkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Association for the Advancement of Science's report on Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education suggests that instructors "can no longer rely solely on trying to cover a syllabus packed with topics" but rather should "introduce fewer concepts but present them in greater depth." They further suggest that the principles embodied in a set of core concepts and competencies should be the basis for all undergraduate biology courses, including those designed for nonmajors. The theme of Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology will be the first and most fundamental of these competencies: the ability to apply the process of science. Biology courses and curricula must engage students in how scientific inquiry is conducted, including evaluating and interpreting scientific explanations of the natural world. The book uses diverse examples to illustrate how experiments work, how hypotheses can be tested by systematic and comparative observations when experiments aren't possible, how models are useful in science, and how sound decisions can be based on the weight of evidence even when uncertainty remains. These are fundamental issues in the process of science that are important for everyone to understand, whether they pursue careers in science or not. Where other introductory biology textbooks are organized by scientific concepts, Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology will instead show how methods can be used to test hypotheses in fields as different as ecology and medicine, using contemporary case studies. The book will provide students with a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of such methods for answering new questions, and will thereby change the way they think about the fundamentals of biology.