The method Critical Thinking with Rationale method is primarily aimed at students attending critical thinking training courses in an educational context. However, it is also possible to develop your critical thinking skills separately from an educational context. There are restrictions, though: in the case of self-study you will not benefit from feedback, explanation by the teacher and the collective analysis of interpretations; your blind spots will not be pointed out to you either. Naturally, you will have to do without the exercises, lessons and tests provided by the method. 

 Given these restrictions this self-study guide provides you with a concise guide to enable you to train several essential critical thinking skills for yourself. After an overview and details of those thinking skills a brief explanation will be given of Rationale itself and the accompanying exercise programs. At the end of this guide you will find two approaches to help you deal with this self-study.