Elder, Linda 1962-

The Miniature Guide to the Art of Asking Essential Questions / Linda Elder and Richard Paul. - 3rd ed. - Dillon Beach, CA : Foundation for Critical Thinking, 2005. - 49 p. : 21 cm.

"Based on Critical Thinking Concepts and Socratic Principles" (Book Cover).

Part One: Analytic Questions
Questioning the Structure of Thinking
Asking One System, No System, and Conflicting System Questions
Questioning Concepts
Conceptual Tools for Conceptual Questions
Questioning Data, Information, and Experience
Questioning Questions: Identifying Prior Questions
Asking Complex Interdisciplinary Questions: An Example
Questioning in Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Part Two: Evaluative Questions
Determining Value, Merit, and Worth
Evaluating Reasoning (Overall)
Evaluating Reasoning (The Parts)
Questioning Clarity and Precision
Questioning As We Read
Questioning As We Write
Asking Ethical Questions
Questioning Bias and Propaganda Part Three: Questioning Within Academic Disciplines
Questioning the Fundamental Logic of Academic Disciplines
Questioning the Status of Disciplines
Questioning to Understand the Foundations of Academic Disciplines
Essential Questions in Science
Essential Questions in the Social Disciplines
Essential Questions in the Arts Part Four: Questioning fort Self-Knowledge and Self-Development
Questioning Ourselves as Learners
Questioning Our Egocentrism
Questioning Our Sociocentrism
Questioning to Develop Intellectual Dispositions
Conclusion: Questioning Systematically and Socratically

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Question--Logic.
Questioning.
Asking Essential Questions--Ethical Questions--Rational Thinking--Theological Beliefs--Reasoning.
Academic Disciplines--Intellectual Perseverance--Self-Knowledge--Self-Development.

BC199.Q4 / E4 2006