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Edition: 15
Author: Brent Slife
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Release Date: 2007-11-08
ISBN-10: 0073515108
ISBN-13: 9780073515106
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This Fifteenth Edition of TAKING SIDES: PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor�s manual with testing material is available for each volume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each TAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online. .
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| Customer Rating: | | It was urgent that I received this book for a class assignment, so I requested 2 day shipping. I received the book the next day. |
Essential Critical Thinking in Psychology
| Customer Rating: | | McGraw Hill has a whole series of paperbacks like this, "Taking Sides: Clashing Views on X," where X is Psychology, the law, the environment, you name it. Search Amazon on the first two words of the title. I use the psychology one in my college level course in Critical Thinking but it is so effective I may also assign it to seniors writing their final thesis. Each of 18 chapters presents two short excerpts (6 pp) from published essays on hot topics such as genetic testing, race and intelligence, mental illnesses, children's television, and so on. The two persuasive articles take opposing views. The editor's contribution is to summarize each of the articles' main arguments in 5 or 6 bullet points, although I'd rather that weren't included, since that is exactly what I want the students to learn how to do. There is no analysis of the arguments, such as pointing out logical or structural fallacies in the arguments, and not all arguments are equally strong. The editors' "Challenge Questions" at the end of each pair of articles seem to miss the point: they focus on the content of the arguments rather than their logical structure. The articles are so abbreviated that it is inappropriate to treat them as reviews of the topic, except perhaps in a high school course designed only to introduce these topics and encourage discussion. It is amazingly difficult to teach critical thinking, and this book is an invaluable aid. |
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