The Thinker s Guide to Engineering Reasoning Based on Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools 2nd Edition by Paul 9781538133798 1538133792

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Product details:

• ISBN 10: 1538133792
• ISBN 13: 9781538133798
• Author: Richard Paul, Robert Niewoehner, Linda Elder

The Thinker’s Guide to Engineering Reasoningapplies critical thinking concepts to the field of engineering. Students and professionals across engineering will find their analytical abilities enhanced by the engaging authoritative framework set forth by Richard Paul and Linda Elder. For engineers to properly reason through engineering projects requires strong analytic skills. The best engineers are clear about their purposes, gather sufficient information, and develop innovations. This requires critical reasoning and this guide offers tools essential to this process. As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues within every field of study across the world.

Table contents:

The Foundation for Critical Thinking and the Thinker’s Guide Library
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
A Framework for Engineering Reasoning
Intellectual Traits Essential to Engineering Reasoning
Universal Structures of Thought
A Checklist for Engineering Reasoning
The Spirit of Critical Thinking
Analyzing an Engineering Document
Analyzing a Design Using the Elements of Thought
Two Kinds of Engineering Questions
Analyzing Disciplines: Aerospace Engineering
Analyzing Disciplines: Electrical Engineering
Analyzing Disciplines: Mechanical Engineering
Analyzing Engineering Tools: Modeling and Simulation
Skilled Engineers Consentingly Adhere to Intellectual Standards
Universal Intellectual Standards Essential to Sound Engineering Reasoning
Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Design Features
Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Graphics
Evaluating an Engineer’s or Author’s Reasoning
Analyzing and Assessing Engineering Research
Purpose
Questions at Issue or Central Problem
Information
Inference and Interpretation
Assumptions
Concepts and Ideas
Point of View
Implications and Consequences
The Questioning Mind in Engineering: The Wright Brothers
The Cost of Thinking Gone Awry
Noteworthy Connections and Distinctions
Ethics and Engineering
Engineering Reasoning Objectives
Evaluating Student Work in Engineering
The Problem of Egocentric Thinking
Stages of Critical Thinking Development
The Thinker’s Guide Library

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