Writing as Critical Thinking

Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology: A Handbook of Best Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 161-173

  Dunn, Dana S ^a   Smith, Randolph A ^b  

^a MORAVIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical reading for critical writing; Integrating critical thinking across psychology curriculum; Learning from exemplars; Reading and critiquing APA Style papers; Teacher's role in writing as critical thinking; Writing activities promoting critical thinking; Writing as critical thinking; Writing process involving certain degree of social intelligence; Written arguments in three basic types : emotional (pathos), ethical (ethos), and logical (logos)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889302341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305173.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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