The Power of Critical Thinking

The Power of Critical Thinking: Effective Reasoning About Ordinary and Extraordinary Claims

Welcome to the companion website for The Power of Critical Thinking by Lewis Vaughn. Containing a number of useful resources for students and instructors, this site is designed to supplement and enhance the material found in the text.

In About the Book, you will find:

 
• General notes on the book's approach to teaching critical thinking
 
• About the Author
 
• Contents
 
• Sample chapters

In the Student Study Guide, you will find:

 
• A detailed summary of the main points
 
• A list of chapter objectives, broken down by chapter subheads
 
• A full set of study questions to help you understand and remember the chapter material
 
• Short review quizzes multiple-choice and true/false that are autograded and designed to give you quick feedback on your performance.
 
• A glossary of the chapter's key terms
 
• Answers to selected exercises in the book (in addition to the answers already supplied in the back of the text)
 
• Additional chapter exercises found only in this guide
 
• Web links to sites that add interesting information and food for thought relevant to chapter content articles, publicity releases, and other written material that can be used for critical evaluation

In Instructor Resources, you will find:

 
• Notes on how to use the text effectively, including sample syllabi
 
• The Instructor's Manual
 
• PowerPoint Lecture Guide to accompany the text
 
• Web links to (1) those sites recommended to students in the online Student Study Guide that add additional information and food for thought relevant to chapter content and (2) sites where instructors can mine news items, articles, and other materials that can be used for critical evaluation and classroom discussion