The Thinker&#039;s Guide to Engineering Reasoning: Based on Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools

Richard Paul; Robert Niewoehner; Linda Elder

doi:10.5771/9781538133798

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Copyright Year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-0-944583-33-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-3379-8
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 53
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
Foreword No access Pages 2 - 2
Introduction No access Pages 3 - 3
A Framework for Engineering Reasoning No access Pages 4 - 5
Intellectual Traits Essential to Engineering Reasoning No access Pages 6 - 8
Universal Structures of Thought No access Pages 9 - 9
A Checklist for Engineering Reasoning No access Pages 10 - 10
The Spirit of Critical Thinking No access Pages 11 - 11
Analyzing an Engineering Document No access Pages 12 - 13
Analyzing a Design Using the Elements of Thought No access Pages 14 - 15
Two Kinds of Engineering Questions No access Pages 16 - 16
Analyzing Disciplines: Aerospace Engineering No access Pages 17 - 17
Analyzing Disciplines: Electrical Engineering No access Pages 18 - 18
Analyzing Disciplines: Mechanical Engineering No access Pages 19 - 19
Analyzing Engineering Tools: Modeling and Simulation No access Pages 20 - 20
Skilled Engineers Consentingly Adhere to Intellectual Standards No access Pages 21 - 24
Universal Intellectual Standards Essential to Sound Engineering Reasoning No access Pages 25 - 25
Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Design Features No access Pages 26 - 26
Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Graphics No access Pages 27 - 28
Evaluating an Engineer's or Author's Reasoning No access Pages 29 - 30
1. Purpose No access
2. Questions at Issue or Central Problem No access
3. Information No access
4. Inference and Interpretation No access
5. Assumptions No access
6. Concepts and Ideas No access
7. Point of View No access
8. Implications and Consequences No access
The Questioning Mind in Engineering: The Wright Brothers No access Pages 40 - 41
The Cost of Thinking Gone Awry No access Pages 42 - 42
Noteworthy Connections and Distinctions No access Pages 43 - 44
Ethics and Engineering No access Pages 45 - 46
Engineering Reasoning Objectives No access Pages 47 - 47
Evaluating Student Work in Engineering No access Pages 48 - 49
The Problem of Egocentric Thinking No access Pages 50 - 50
Stages of Critical Thinking Development No access Pages 51 - 53