Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking, 3rd Ed. Diane F. Halpern. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 1996. No. of pages 430. ISBN 0-8058-1493-0 (hardback). ISBN 0-8058-1494-9 (paperback). Also, 205 page workbook.
✍ Scribed by James Shanteau; Julia Pounds
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0888-4080
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✦ Synopsis
Thinking about how to think about thinking THOUGHT AND KNOWLEDGE: AN INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING, 3rd Ed. Diane F. Halpern. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 1996. No. of pages 430. ISBN 0-8058-1493-0 (hardback). ISBN 0-8058-1494-9 ( paperback). Also, 205 page workbook.
What makes for a good text in a course on thinking? There are probably as many answers to this question as there are instructors. However, two dimensions are crucial. The first is the selection of topics, i.e., what is covered? The second is the approach taken to these topics, i.e., how are they covered? These dimensions provide the basis for our review of Halpern's text.