Critical Thinking in Academic Research Second Edition

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This textbook, "Critical Thinking in Academic Research," by Robin Ewing and Cindy Gruwell, is a comprehensive guide to developing essential research and critical thinking skills. It covers defining critical thinking, identifying barriers, analyzing and constructing arguments, formulating research questions, evaluating sources using methods like SIFT, and understanding the ethical use and citation of information. The book also delves into precision searching, various types of sources (primary, secondary, tertiary; popular, professional, scholarly), data as sources, and copyright basics. It emphasizes the importance of informed reasoning, recognizing assumptions, and synthesizing information to contribute to scholarly conversations.

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