Tools for Critical Thinking: Research Methods, Common Sense, and Political Issues Addressed

Reviews the book, Thinking Critically About Child Development: Examining Myths and Misunderstandings (3rd Ed.) by Jean Mercer (see record 2015-53221-000). This book is written as a supplementary text to guide students and practitioners who wish to learn to examine notions about child development tha...

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Published inPsycCritiques Vol. 61; no. 22; p. No Pagination Specified
Main Author Rosen, Leslie B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published American Psychological Association 30.05.2016
Subjects
Childhood Development
Critical Thinking
Human
Myths
Theories
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Summary:Reviews the book, Thinking Critically About Child Development: Examining Myths and Misunderstandings (3rd Ed.) by Jean Mercer (see record 2015-53221-000). This book is written as a supplementary text to guide students and practitioners who wish to learn to examine notions about child development that permeate the popular press as child development facts. Mercer initiates the reader into the world of critical thinking and how to use such thought processes to read the scientific literature and parse out what is known and what is not known about human child development. The book does this by first examining what critical thinking encompasses and then by looking at commonly held claims that have captured people’s opinions/endorsements and endured in various forms in the popular press and to some extent in the teaching of child development by various professionals or semi-professionals. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:1554-0138
1554-0138
DOI:10.1037/a0040331