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href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=62588">Writing Tool #2: Use Strong Verbs</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=62969">Writing Tool #3: Beware of Adverbs</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=62972">Writing Tool #4: Period As a Stop Sign</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=63482">Writing Tool #5: Observe Word Territory</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=64346">Writing Tool #6: Play with Words</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=64349">Writing Tool #7: Dig for the Concrete and Specific</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=64580">Writing Tool #8: Seek Original Images</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=66044">Writing Tool #9: Prefer Simple to Technical</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=66041">Writing Tool #10: Recognize Your Story’s Roots</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=65648">Writing Tool #11 Back Off or Show Off</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=65975">Writing Tool #12: Control the Pace</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=65978">Writing Tool #13: Show and Tell</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=66395">Writing Tool #14: Interesting Names</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=66542">Writing Tool #15: Reveal Character Traits</A></LI> <LI><A 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href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=73058">Writing Tool #30: Write Endings to Lock the Box</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=74453">Writing Tool #31: Parallel Lines</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=73688">Writing Tool #32: Let It Flow</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=74783">Writing Tool #33: Rehearsal </A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=74825">Writing Tool #34: Cut Big, Then Small </A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=75398">Writing Tool #35: Use Punctuation </A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=75509">Writing Tool #36: Write A Mission Statement for Your Story </A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=75827">Writing Tool #37: Long Projects </A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=76058">Writing Tool #38: Polish Your Jewels </A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=76274">Writing Tool #39: The Voice of Verbs </A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=76307">Writing Tool #40: The Broken Line</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=76919">Writing Tool #41: X-Ray Reading</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=77213">Writing Tool #42: Paragraphs</A></LI> <LI><A href="http://web.archive.org/web/www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=77483">Writing Tool #43: Self-criticism</A></LI> <LI><A 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Best website on fallacies.</LI><LI><A href="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/">Butterflies and Wheels</A>. Excellent reading - news, articles, and much more.    </LI><LI><A href="http://www.insightassessment.com/pdf_files/what%26why2006.pdf">Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts</A> by Peter Facione. Good overview of the nature of critical thinking. (pdf file)</LI><LI><A href="http://www.bartleby.com/130/2.html">Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion</A> by John Stuart Mill. Classic chapter, densely packed with wisdom about thinking. </LI><LI><A href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Echance/">Chance</A> - best resource for helping students think critically about issues involving probability and statistics</LI><LI><A href="https://www.cia.gov/csi/books/19104/index.html">Psychology of Intelligence Analysis</A>, by Richards Heuer. A good overview of how to improve thinking in the light of insights from cognitive psychology. </LI><LI><A href="http://www.mala.bc.ca/%7Ejohnstoi/arguments/argument1.htm%23one">A Handbook on Writing Argumentative and Interpretative Essays</A> by Ian Johnston </LI><LI><A href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000D743A-CC5C-1C6E-84A9809EC588EF21%26pageNumber=1%26catID=2">Baloney Detection Part 1</A> and <A href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000ADC77-B274-1C6E-84A9809EC588EF21%26pageNumber=1%26catID=2">Part 2</A> - by Michael Shermer. 10 step guide. </LI></OL></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/critical+thinking/" rel="tag">critical thinking</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bull-shit+detection/" rel="tag">bull-shit detection</a></div>http://www.austhink.com/critical/Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:51:19 GMT