Becoming a Critical Thinker

Success depends on the ability to think critically. Training and practice turn this ability into a powerful skill. Becoming a Critical Thinker gives students the opportunity to develop this skill in a classroom environment while stressing its application to daily life. Students learn to solve everyday problems, maintain successful relationships, make career choices, and interpret the messages of advertising in a variety of media. Exercises throughout the text encourage them to practice what they read and to apply it to their own lives. Becoming a Critical Thinker breaks up critical thinking into a series of cumulative activities, a unique approach that has made this text a staple of many critical thinking courses.

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero, Professor Emeritus of Humanities at SUNY-Delhi, is a widely known author and lecturer. His book titles include college, trade, and professional publications. His areas of expertise are critical thinking, creative thinking, ethics, communication, and curriculum reform and staff development. Ruggiero made his reputation within the academic world by pioneering the movement to make thinking skills instruction a necessary emphasis at every level of education.