Critical Thinking Skills: Developing Effective Analysis and Argument (Palgrave Study Skills)

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Her publications for staff and students have sold more than a million copies worldwide. First published in 1999, The Study Skills Handbook is now in its 5th edition. Stella has authored a number of study skills guides as part of the Macmillan Study Skills series including Critical Thinking Skills, Skills for Success and The Macmillan Student Planner (previously published as The Palgrave Student Planner). Cottrell encourages students to personalise their learning by reflecting on the way they learn and under what circumstances this is most effective. "If you are open, flexible and creative in trying new approaches, you will develop into a more rounded personality and a more effective learner". [9]

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All in all, this book is an excellent source to deepen your understanding, reinforce your learning, and develop the skill to read between lines; not to forget effective note-making. Cottrell's writing assumes that students are different in how they learn and what they need to learn. The aim is to encourage students to take charge of their learning and find strategies that suit them best. [10] Skills for Study [ edit ]Cottrell, Stella (2010). Skills for success. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp.vii. ISBN 978-0-230-25018-5.

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Stella sees reflection as a central component of study skills. Since Higher Education involves more autonomous learning than students may have experienced previously, they need to become responsible for reflecting on their own progress, strengths and areas in need of development. [11] Examples of reflective questions include: Cottrell, Stella (2008). The Study Skills Handbook. Basingstoke: Palgrave. p.60. ISBN 978-0-230-57305-5.Cottrell, Stella (2011). Critical Thinking Skills. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp.viii. ISBN 978-0-230-28529-3. Critical self-reflection and active solution-seeking are emphasised throughout the book. Cottrell's aim is for students to personalise and contextualise strategies, rather than taking advice wholesale. [4] Themes [ edit ]