However, the terms are clearly and thoroughly explained within the text, and the index is very thorough. The exercises are excellent and would be very helpful for students to internalize correct critical thinking practices.Because of the logical arrangement of the text and the many sub-sections, additional material should be very easy to add. I anticipate that a diligent student could learn all of the material in the text with little additional instruction. The text did not confuse terms or use inconsistent terminology, which is very important in a logic text.However, Tiffany relayed none of those potential emergencies in her explanation. ” When her eyes began to fill with tears, compassion overwhelmed me. I told her that she could let the patient use the urinal if he needed it before his bath. This experience helped me to see the need to use critical thinking when teaching critical thinking.
Chapter 2 also covers a number of formal methods of evaluating arguments, such as Venn Diagrams and Propositional logic and the four basic truth functional connectives, but to my mind, it is much more thorough in its treatment of Informal Logic and Critical Thinking skills, than it is of formal logic.
I also appreciated that Van Cleave’s book includes exercises with answers and an index, but there is no glossary; which I personally do not find detracts from the book's comprehensiveness.
Also, the text is very American specific with many examples from and for an American audience.
More diversity, especially in the examples, would be appropriate and appreciated.
About 15 minutes later, Tiffany hurried toward the nursing station with a panicked look on her face. As we walked, I encouraged her to explain the emergency.
Thoughts of a cardiac arrest, patient fall, seizure, or violent behavior emerged from my critical care mindset. ” After encouraging her to just be professional about it and act confidently, off she went to apply her new solution.
The PDF Table of Contents does not include links or page numbers which would be very helpful for navigation.
Other than that, the text was very easy to navigate.
However, the terms are clearly and thoroughly explained within the text,...
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