John Butterworth and Geoff Thwaites pl e Thinking Skills Sa m Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Second edition (c) Camrbridge University Press 2013 9781107606302pre_pi-iv.indd i 1/28/2013 6:26:27 PM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge‚ New York‚ Melbourne‚ Madrid‚ Cape Town‚ Singapore‚ São Paulo‚ Delhi‚ Mexico City Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building‚ Cambridge CB2 8RU‚ UK www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781107606302 © Cambridge University
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Critical Thinking I. What is critical thinking? a. Combination of reasoned thinking‚ openness o alternatives‚ and ability to reflect and desire to seek truth. II. Critical thinkers ask questions. Inquiring minds what to know. a. What am I taking for granted b. Did I explore all points of view c. Do I understand the question d. What information do I need e. Do I need to report anything f. What complications should I anticipate
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What is Ethics? A few years ago‚ sociologist Raymond Baumhart asked business people‚ “What does ethics mean to you?” Among the replies were the following: “Ethics has to do with what my feelings tell me is right or wrong.” “Ethics has to do with my religious beliefs.” “Being ethical is doing what the law requires.” “Ethics consists of the standards of behavior our society accepts.” These replies might be typical of your own. The meaning of “ethics” is hard to pin down and views of many
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THE PROBLEMS FACING THE NIGERIA JUDICIARY SYSTEM THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN NIGERIA Nigeria operates a federal political structure under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ 1999. The Federation consists of 36 (thirty six) States and a Federal Capital Territory. This constitution vests the legislative‚ executive and judicial powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the National Assembly‚ the Executive and the courts established there under respectively. The powers of the States are
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INCORPORATING SYSTEMS THINKING IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PROJECTS USING ACTION RESEARCH BY PRACTITIONERS CONDUCTING ACADEMIC RESEARCH Dr. Shankar Sankaran Associate Professor‚ Faculty of Design Architecture and Building‚ University of Technology Sydney‚ City Campus‚ PO Box 123‚ NSW 2007‚ Australia Email: Shankar.sankaran@uts.edu.au Dr. Tay Boon Hou Technical Director‚ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory‚ IN Technology Pte Ltd 10‚ Haig Lane‚ Singapore 438814 Email: intech01@singnet.com.sg Dr. Martin
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ISE105: Computer Fundamentals Lecture 7 Samin Khaliq Today’s Lecture • Programming Languages • History of C • Problem Solving – Flowcharts – Algorithms – Programs • C Program • Comments Types of Programming Languages Low Level Languages 1. Machine language (1GL) • • Strings of numbers giving machine specific instructions Example: Calculates nth Fibonacci number 8B542408 FA027706 B9010000 C84AEBF1 83FA0077 06B80000 0000C383 B8010000 00C353BB 01000000 008D0419 83FA0376 078BD98B
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Framework for Classifying the Benefits of ERP Systems Shari Shang‚ Department of Information Systems‚ The University of Melbourne‚ sshang@jeack.com.au Peter B. Seddon‚ Department of Information Systems‚ The University of Melbourne‚ p.seddon@dis.unimelb.edu.au Abstract This paper presents a framework for assessing the business benefits of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. After analyzing the features of ERP systems‚ the literature on IT benefits‚ data from 233 ERP-vendor success
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LATERAL THINKING: CREATIVITY STEP BY STEP Edward De Bono Harper Collins‚ 1990 Why the total majority of great things happens in our minds when we are doing something completely different than work? In this book‚ Dr. De Bono is trying to explore this “heureka paradox” and other still relatively unknown thought processes via his lateral thinking theory. The LATERAL THINKING was introduced by the author in 1967. It was aimed to destroy the old established ways of thinking and support creativity
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Improving TCP Performance over Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using an Adaptive Backoff Response Approach Tamer F. Ghanem‚ Wail S. Elkilani‚ Mohiy M. Hadhoud Department of Information Technology‚ Faculty of Computers and Information‚ Minufya University tamerfg@hotmail.com‚ welkilani @gawab.com‚ mmhadhoud@yahoo.com Abstract- Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) suffers decreasing both the congestion window (CWND) and slow start threshold (SSThr). Then it retransmits the first unacknowledged packet and
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Term Paper EDUS 301: Critical Thinking By Ashita Bhatt According to Webster ’s New World Dictionary‚ literacy is defined as the ability to read and write. Every man should be a literate citizen of the world. The importance of literacy is obvious. One sees words everywhere – on signs‚ in training manuals‚ on buses‚ in books. Adults who cannot read risk becoming isolated from the society. Illiteracy affects their ability to find jobs‚ and ultimately‚ their very survival. That is why it is so
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