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Product Review August 2010 |
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by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn, published by Christian Logic, 235 pages, paperback 
Though you look, and look, and look,among the tools inside this book, you'll find no crescent wrench, nor hammer for your bench. For though this book will not repair your sink, it may teach you how to think. — Toodles So begins the introduction to this very user-friendly, Christian-based textbook for critical thinking skills. The textbook is part reader, part cartoon strip, and part tongue-in-cheek logic primer. In fact, this textbook-turned-toolbox has several compartments: tools for thinking, tools for opposing viewpoints, tools for science, and projects/games/activities. There are 35 lessons in all, with each lesson only 2-4 pages in length, followed by simple comprehension exercises (answers included in the back of the book). The projects can be used as a final test grade. Don't let the light-hearted approach fool you. This is a solid course in the skills needed to examine, analyze, and evaluate information. Here's just a sampler of the skills: distinguishing between fact, inference, and opinion knowing when NOT to argue examining evidence using an opposing viewpoints chart evaluating testimony looking for underlying motives the difference between possible and probable forming hypotheses how to be a keen observer brainstorming and categorizing The lessons are designed to be self-taught, which adds to the ease-of-use factor. They are short enough to enable you to add these vital skills to any intermediate level curriculum, yet substantial enough to provide a good basic overview in true critical thinking skills. Written for ages 13 and above, it can be used by individual students or as a family activity.
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