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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"'Magical thinking' can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: Think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
920L
Physical Desc
195 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"What would you say if I told you that looking at abstract paintings could give you the confidence you need to speak up in class? Or that learning the history of donuts could help you think like a super spy and train like the CIA? smART teaches readers how to think critically and creatively, a skill that only requires you to open your eyes and actively engage your brain. This young reader's adaptation is based on VISUAL INTELLIGENCE by Amy E. Herman"--...
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Super Smart Information Strategies: Make the Grade provides students with practical information for evaluating product and process associated with the conducting and presenting research. Readers are encouraged to think critically as they conduct research, collaborate with fellow students and present their findings in new and different ways.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 276 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Yale Psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn explains why our judgment is so often wrong--and offers actionable strategies to help us respond to real-life challenges as individuals and as societies at large"--
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
309 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Big lies are told by governments, politicians, and corporations to avoid responsibility, cast blame on the innocent, win elections, disguise intent, create chaos, and gain power and wealth. Big lies are as old as civilization; they corrupt public understanding and discourse, turn science upside down, and reinvent history. The future stewards of our world require a how-to manual for seeing through big lies and thinking critically, because big lies...
Publisher
ThinkFun, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 game (game board; 6 cat tokens with token stands; 6 crime tokens; 40 challenge cards) : color, cardboard, paper ; in box 24 x 16 x 5 cm + 1 instruction manual (14 pages ; 14 cm)
Language
English
Description
"When you agreed to pet sit your neighbor's six Cats, you expected a relaxing weekend filled with cuddles and gentle purrs. Instead, you repeatedly find spilled coffee, broken flower pots, and a missing bird! Which of the six furry fiends was responsible for each Cat Crime? These Cats may be stealthy, but they've got nothing on your logical deduction skills. With a little problem solving you'll be able to use Cat traits, paw prints, toy placement...
Author
Publisher
mineditionUS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
GN 510L
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bix lives with her family in a city where people rarely talk or play together, and no longer read books. Instead, they stare at small portable screens, monitored by giant eyeballs. The Eyes are here to help! With everything. But Bix would like to do things for herself. Running from an Eye, she discovers another world: the City Under the City. There, she befriends a rat who leads her to a library and its treasure trove of books and knowledge. As she...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 230 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"What if a getting into top four-year college is no longer the holy grail of success that it once seemed to be? What if the key to kids achieving their potential in life has less to do with grades or test scores and more with critical skills overlooked in schools? Erasing the Finish Line directly addresses those points by highlighting a reality about our education system that we seem to hear about more and more these days-college acceptance is a faulty...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Free Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
As a professor at Yale, Bill Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation's brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively, and how to find a sense of purpose. Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand...
Author
Series
Jop and Blip wanna know volume 1
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
87 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Join Jop and Blip as they follow their curiosity and investigate these seemingly odd questions using their own brand of logic, critical thinking skills, STEM knowledge, and humor. Can you hear a penguin fart on Mars? What if you wanted a dragon sandwich? Why do we need TWO ears?
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
138 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Whether were in the boardroom or the classroom, we spend far too much time and energy looking for the right answer. But the truth is that questions are just as important as answers, often more so. If you ask the wrong question, for instance, youre guaranteed to get the wrong answer. A good question, on the other hand, inspires a good answer and, in the process, invites deeper understanding and more meaningful connections between people. Asking a...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xvii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it explain why there seems to be so much irrationality in the world, including, let's be honest, in each of us? These are the goals of Steven Pinker's follow-up to Enlightenment Now (Bill Gates's "new favorite book of all time"). Humans today are often portrayed as cavemen out of time, poised to react to a lion in the grass with a suite of biases, blind spots, fallacies, and illusions. But this, Pinker...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Expanding upon his viral TEDx Talk, psychology professor and social scientist John V. Petrocelli reveals the critical thinking habits you can develop to recognize and combat pervasive false information that harms society in The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit. Bullshit is the foundation of contaminated thinking and bad decisions leading to health consequences, financial losses, legal consequences, broken relationships, and wasted time...