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Getting critical / Kate Williams.

By: Williams, Kate, 1949- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Pocket study skillsPublisher: London : Red Globe Press, 2022Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 1 volume ; 11 x 14 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781350933576Subject(s): Critical thinking | Reflective learning | Study skillsDDC classification: 370.152
Contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: GETTING A CRITICAL MINDSET 1. Getting strategic 2. Getting critical with assessment 3. The stairway to critical thinking PART 2: GETTING CRITICAL IN RESEARCH AND READING 4. A critical approach to reading lists 5. A critical search online 6. But is it any use? Evaluating your sources 7. Getting critical with numbers Catrin Radcliffe, UK 8. To read or not to read? A critical decision 9. A strategic approach to reading 10. Critical reading and critical appraisal PART 3: GETTING CRITICAL IN WRITING 11. Answer the question !12. Writing paragraphs: a critical skill13. Writing for a critical reader PART 4: CRITICAL STEPS 14. Using frameworks for critical analysis15. Stepping up the stairway to critical thinking Conclusion References Useful sources Index
Summary: This concise, no-nonsense guide shows students how to adopt a critical approach in order to unlock their academic potential. Each succinct chapter is visually engaging and informative, and includes plenty of snippets of real students' work to show readers what good critical writing looks like. This 3rd edition has been updated throughout, and now contains new chapters on getting critical with numbers and critical appraisal, fresh examples from a wider range of assignments and more STEM examples.
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Previous edition: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: GETTING A CRITICAL MINDSET 1. Getting strategic 2. Getting critical with assessment 3. The stairway to critical thinking PART 2: GETTING CRITICAL IN RESEARCH AND READING 4. A critical approach to reading lists 5. A critical search online 6. But is it any use? Evaluating your sources 7. Getting critical with numbers Catrin Radcliffe, UK 8. To read or not to read? A critical decision 9. A strategic approach to reading 10. Critical reading and critical appraisal PART 3: GETTING CRITICAL IN WRITING 11. Answer the question !12. Writing paragraphs: a critical skill13. Writing for a critical reader PART 4: CRITICAL STEPS 14. Using frameworks for critical analysis15. Stepping up the stairway to critical thinking Conclusion References Useful sources Index

This concise, no-nonsense guide shows students how to adopt a critical approach in order to unlock their academic potential. Each succinct chapter is visually engaging and informative, and includes plenty of snippets of real students' work to show readers what good critical writing looks like. This 3rd edition has been updated throughout, and now contains new chapters on getting critical with numbers and critical appraisal, fresh examples from a wider range of assignments and more STEM examples.

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