Thinking critically

Thinking Critically teaches the fundamental thinking, reasoning, reading, and writing abilities that students need for academic success. The text begins with basic skills related to personal experience and then carefully progresses to the more sophisticated reasoning skills required for abstract, ac...

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Main Author: Chaffee, John (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston Houghton Mifflin 2003
Edition:7th ed
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