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OverviewMaking Your Mind Matter is a practical guide to effective thinking in college and in everyday life. Critical thinking guru Vincent Ryan Ruggiero explains how and why the mind has been neglected in American education, then teaches readers how to take charge of their own mental development. Ruggiero presents a simple but powerful model - the WISE model (Wonder, Investigate, Speculate, Evaluate). Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vincent Ryan RuggieroPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.327kg ISBN: 9780742514621ISBN 10: 0742514625 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 14 October 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsChapter 1 Understanding Thinking Chapter 2 Overcoming Obstacles Chapter 3 Resisting Manipulation Chapter 4 Solving Problems Chapter 5 Evaluating Opinions Chapter 6 Reasoning Logically Chapter 7 Analyzing ArgumentsReviewsRuggiero gives us an up-to-the-minute guide to recognizing the characteristic fallacies of our time, then expertly and lucidly offers us the practical steps we can take to achieve genuine intellectual independence. - Peter Wood, author of Diversity: The Invention of a Concept, Boston University Author InformationVincent Ryan Ruggiero is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the movement to make creative and critical thinking a central emphasis in education. The author of 19 books and over 75 articles, he is professor of humanities, emeritus, at SUNY-Delhi. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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