Critical Thinking Skills: Developing Effective Analysis and Argument (Palgrave Study Guides)

Boughtthis book for my son, who is doing critical thinking at college. He thinks it is great. Showed it to his tutor, who was impressed &said he is going to put it on the book list for next years AS students

Easy to read and understand. Has exercises to make you aware of your current analytical skills and how they can be improved.

I would recommend this book for anyone new to critical analysis. It breaks down the process in to component parts. It allows the reader to test their skills before moving on to the next section. Found the "Checklist for evaluating essays" and the "Evaluating your writing for critical thinking" particularly useful.

Overall it felt like a personal tutorial. Definately a must have.

No matter what you think may know always be available to learn new things, and thats what this book gave me additional tools to add, its not difficult read but engaging . thanks

I'm planning to undertake a dissertation - this book was recommended as background material for better analysis of what is required for the project work. It's well laid out and has a good structure that helps understand the key elements required in order to produce a piece of work suitable for a project report. However, I would suggest that it is not the sort of book that one would read in one go or even from start to finish - rather the sort that one would dip into and then go back to again in order better understand the points made.