For Courses on Critical Thinking, Argumentative Writing, Informal Logic courses, as well as Student Success courses. Asking the Right Questions is a concise, well-priced book with great examples, and it thoroughly covers critical thinking. This highly popular text helps students bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. It teaches them to respond to alternative points of view and develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject.  Perfect for freshman courses, this brief book does an amazingly thorough job covering critical thinking.