Cambridge International AS and A Level Thinking Skills 3rd Edition

Universities and employers have high expectations for 21st century learners. They want students who can think critically, collaborate efficiently and produce creative solutions to problems. Updated for the new syllabus, this series is a supportive suite of resources that helps students build confidence when thinking independently, and develops the 21st century skills they need for further study and employment.

Not sure where to start with teaching a skills-based course? With lesson ideas, worksheets and a scheme of work, this Cambridge Elevate teacher’s resource helps you save time planning and preparing lessons. As well as helping you to teach thinking skills with confidence, the digital resource also includes answers to the coursebook questions for quick and easy marking.

Features

• Your digital teacher's resource gives you access to everything you need to plan your teaching: choose from editable Word files or PDFs for worksheets and lesson plans.
• Go directly to the resource index to download every file you need to deliver a specific unit or lesson, so you don’t have to rely on your internet connection.
• Save time on preparation and planning with a sample scheme of work.
• Answers to coursebook questions help you mark quickly and confidently.
• Cambridge Elevate is simple to navigate and personalise – highlight text, annotate, create voice notes, or organise your table of contents.
• Access your library of Cambridge books anywhere, anytime whether online or offline.

CONTENTS

• How to Use This Resource
• Resource Index
• Introduction
• Scheme of Work
• Section 1: Problem Solving
• 1. What do we mean by a 'problem'?
• 2. Selecting and using information
• 3. Processing data
• 4. Working with models
• 5. Solving problems by searching
• 6. Finding methods of solution
• 7. Trends in data
• 8. Transforming data
• 9. Summarised Data
• 10. Identifying features of a model
• 11. Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
• 12. Changing the scenario of a problem
• Section 2: Critical Thinking
• 13. An introduction to critical thinking
• 14. Claims, statements, and assertions
• 15. Assessing claims
• 16. Grounds, reasons, and evidence
• 17. Evaluating evidence: a case study
• 18. Statistical evidence
• 19. Uses of evidence: inference and explanation
• 20. Identifying argument
• 21. Analysing argument
• 22. Interpretation
• 23. Assumptions
• 24. Evaluating argument
• 25. Applying logic
• 26. Longer texts
• 27. Multiple sources
• Answers
• Acknowledgements