Critical Thinking as a Process - Emphasises that critical thinking is not primarily an effort to demonstrate what is faulty about the thinking of others.   Instead, it is a process for improving the beliefs and decisions we each must make.   A step-by-step approach to learning—Introduces a particular critical thinking learning skill in each chapter, and adds to the list of accumulated skills with each subsequent chapter. Practice Passages-Opportunities for applying a critical thinking skill immediately to a short passage appear at the end of each chapter. Writing Instruction- Presents instruction how to turn critical analysis into effective, coherent prose.  Images-Ten images appear for analysis and discussion.