of critical thinking. This book lays a strong foundation in the important cognitive skills necessary for critical thinking, such as comprehension, analysis, evaluation, construction, creativity, and communication. Through fun and concrete activities–including Thought Experiments, Student Polls, Practice Sessions, Games and Puzzles, Predictions, and Important Takeaways–students explore topics essential to critical thinking, gaining tools that will help them apply critical thinking directly to their own lives. Additional individual and group activities are included to reinforce student learning as they explore topics such as:    • The Basics of Critical Thinking    • Obstacles to Critical Thinking    • Evaluating Evidence    • Creative Problem-Solving    • Ambiguity, Vagueness, and Doublespeak    • Arguments    • Informal Fallacies    • Advertising    • Eyewitness Testimony, Direct & Circumstantial Evidence

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