Lectures by Dr. David Zarefsky, Professor of Argumentation and Debate and Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, cover the history of rhetoric and debate as well as analysis of different types of arguments in various situations.

This popular book shows students how to increase their power to analyze problems and comprehend what they read using the Think Aloud Pair Problem Solving [TAPPS] method. First it outlines and illustrates the method that good problem solvers use in attacking complex ideas. Then it provides practice in applying this method to a variety of comprehension and reasoning questions, presented in easy-to-follow steps. As students work through the book they...

"Ian Varley (Salesforce) covers the emerging field of cognitive biases--bugs in our mental operating system--and takes a cold, hard look at how these mental blind spots defeat our attempts to build quality software in every domain. (If you've read books like Thinking Fast and Slow and You Are Not So Smart, you'll be familiar with the basic idea.). While awareness of cognitive biases is a good life skill in general, it's particularly critical if you're...

Rob Williams offers a range of freelance psychometric test design services specializing in the design of ability tests, situational judgement tests, personality questionnaires, realistic job previews and career choice tests. Rob has led a UK-wide project managing over twenty occupational psychologists including leading global psychometricians. A range of situational judgement tests, ability tests (numerical reasoning, verbal reasoning, problem-solving...

To endow computers with common sense is one of the major long-term goals of artificial intelligence research. One approach to this problem is to formalize commonsense reasoning using mathematical logic. Commonsense Reasoning: An Event Calculus Based Approach is a detailed, high-level reference on logic-based commonsense reasoning. It uses the event calculus, a highly powerful and usable tool for commonsense reasoning, which Erik Mueller demonstrates...

"A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"-- Deresiewicz takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with demands for perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications received by college admissions committees. Students are losing the ability to think independently. College is supposed to be a time for self-discovery--...

"The world's greatest problem-solvers, forecasters, and decision-makers all rely on a set of frameworks and shortcuts that help them cut through complexity and separate good ideas from bad ones. They're called mental models, and you can find them in dense textbooks on psychology, physics, economics, and more. Or, you can just read Super Thinking, a fun, illustrated guide to every mental model you could possibly need"--

Provides a practical and comprehensive introduction to the key aspects of model-based testing as taught in the ISTQB Model-Based Tester-Foundation Level Certification Syllabus This book covers the essentials of Model-Based Testing (MBT) needed to pass the ISTQB Foundation Level Model-Based Tester Certification. The text begins with an introduction to MBT, covering both the benefits and the limitations of MBT. The authors review the various approaches...