The Thinker's Guide to Engineering Reasoning
Based on Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools
2nd Edition
Published on 1. June 2019
54 pages
978-1-5381-3379-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-3379-8 (9781538133798)
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The Thinker's Guide to Engineering Reasoning
Based on Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools
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Persons
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.
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.
Content
- The Thinker's Guide To Engineering Reasoning
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- A Framework for Engineering Reasoning
- Intellectual Traits Essential to Engineering Reasoning
- Universal Structures of Thought
- A Checklist for Engineering Reasoning
- The Spirit of Critical Thinking
- Analyzing an Engineering Document
- Analyzing a Design Using the Elements of Thought
- Two Kinds of Engineering Questions
- Analyzing Disciplines: Aerospace Engineering
- Analyzing Disciplines: Electrical Engineering
- Analyzing Disciplines: Mechanical Engineering
- Analyzing Engineering Tools: Modeling and Simulation
- Skilled Engineers Consentingly Adhere to Intellectual Standards
- Universal Intellectual Standards Essential to Sound Engineering Reasoning
- Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Design Features
- Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Graphics
- Evaluating an Engineer's or Author's Reasoning
- Analyzing and Assessing Engineering Research
- Purpose
- Questions at Issue or Central Problem
- Information
- Inference and Interpretation
- Assumptions
- Concepts and Ideas
- Point of View
- Implications and Consequences
- The Questioning Mind in Engineering: The Wright Brothers
- The Cost of Thinking Gone Awry
- Noteworthy Connections and Distinctions
- Ethics and Engineering
- Engineering Reasoning Objectives
- Evaluating Student Work in Engineering
- The Problem of Egocentric Thinking
- Stages of Critical Thinking Development
