Title:
Thinking for yourself : developing critical thinking skills through reading and writing
Author:
Mayfield, Marlys, 1931-
ISBN:
9780495797616
Personal Author:
Edition:
8th ed., International ed.
Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : Wadsworth ; Cengage Learning, c2010, 2007.
Physical Description:
xx, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Abstract:
Publisher Marketing: THINKING FOR YOURSELF: DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THROUGH READING AND WRITING offers a unique integration of composition, reading, and critical thinking. As you complete the book's writing assignments, you'll see how your writing reflects your thinking and how self-directed improvement in thinking also improves writing. The book offers step-by-step instruction, humor, cartoons, Internet research exercises, and up-to-date social and political examples.