Dr. Richard Paul was a leading proponent of critical thinking until his death in August of 2015, and in his work and legacy, Paul remains an international authority on critical thinking. He founded the Center for Critical Thinking at Sonoma State University in 1980, followed by the Foundation for Critical Thinking. In his lifetime, he developed concepts, principles, and theory essential to a robust and fairminded conception of critical thinking; he worked tenaciously to advance ethical, or strong-sense,critical thinking throughout education and society. In his lifetime, Paul authored more than 200 articles and seven books on critical thinking. He presented workshops to hundreds of thousands of educators over his 35-year history as a primary leader in the critical thinking movement.
Dr. Linda Elder is an educational psychologist who has taught both psychology and critical thinking at the college level. She is the President of the Foundation for Critical Thinking and the Executive Director of the Center for Critical Thinking. Dr. Elder has a special interest in the relation of thought and emotion, as well as the cognitive and affective.She has developed an original theory of the stages of critical thinking development. Dr. Elder has co-authored four books on critical thinking as well as twenty-four Thinkers' Guides.She has presented workshops to more than 20,000 educators.
目录
Introduction
The Theory
The Premise of This Guide
Writing for a Purpose
Substantive Writing
The Problem of Impressionistic Writing
Writing Reflectively
Writing as Exercise for the Mind
How to Write a Sentence
Writing to Learn
Substantive Writing in Content Areas
Relating Core Ideas to Other Core Ideas.
Writing Within Disciplines
The Work of Writing
Non-Substantive Writing
The Practice
Exercises in Substantive Writing
Paraphrasing
Sample Paraphrases
Paraphrasing Short Quotes
Paraphrasing and Clarifying Substantive Texts
Exploring Conflicting Ideas
Exploring Key Ideas Within Disciplines
Analyzing Reasoning
Evaluating Reasoning
Appendix A: The Logic of an Article
Appendix B: Evaluating an Author's Reasoning
Appendix C: (For Instructors) Mapping Sentences
Appendix D: (For instructors) How to Teach Students to Assess Writing
Appendix E: The Function of Transitional Words