Richard Paul, Robert Niewoehner, Linda Elder

The Thinker's Guide to Engineering Reasoning (eBook, ePUB)

Based on Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 54
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538133798
• Artikelnr.: 76043929

Autorenporträt

Dr. Richard Paul was a foremost advocate for critical thinking and, through his work and legacy, remains a distinguished thinker in the field. In 1980, Paul founded the Center for Critical Thinking, followed by the Foundation for Critical Thinking; Paul authored numerous articles and books on critical thinking.

Dr. Robert Niewoehner is an aerospace engineering educator and experimental test pilot, his second career after 34 years as a Navy Captain. He authored Engineering our Thinking: Critical Thinking for Technical Professionals (2018) and coauthored Introduction to Flight Test Engineering (2006). He credits Paul and Elder's mentorship for the awards he's received as an educator.

Dr. Linda Elder is an educational psychologist and internationally recognized authority on critical thinking. She has been president of the Foundation for Critical Thinking for 25 years, and has coauthored four books on critical thinking, as well as all 23 titles found in the Thinker's Guide Library.