Approach to Learning: Self-Assessment
An interesting little quiz to help students identify their learning…
Mission Critical: Readings and Activities
This is a section of the Mission Critical web page…
Critical Thinking (Tutorial)
A good overview of critical thinking. Provides several tutorials covering…
Using the Four Question Technique to Enhance Critical Thinking in On-line Discussions
One technique to improve critical thinking in on-line discussions, from…
Learning Toolkit: Thinking Critically
Very introductory material, but includes a variety of different elements,…
Argumentation and Critical Thinking Tutorial
The tutorials consist of a series of tests to help…
Critical Thinking
A video-based introduction to Critical thinking – covering the definition…
Mission Critical: Readings and Activities
This is a text-based presentation, introducing a variety of different…
West Wing’s Pres. Bartlet on Christian Bigotry
Biblical passages regularly get used to oppose homosexuality. In this short…
Jon Stewart on Crossfire
A legendary performance by Stewart, in which he exposes the hollow…
Evaluating Arguments by David Sanson
Illinois State Philosophy Professor David Sanson offers a basic overview…
Dartmouth: Developing a thesis
The Dartmouth Institute for Writing and Research offers clear instructions…
Beyond Critical Thinking
A good source of ideas, articles, and assessment/evaluation tools. go…
Critical Reasoning for beginners
A comprehensive 6 part course of the fundamentals of CT,…
The Role of Instructor Interactivity in Promoting Critical Thinking in Online and Face-to-Face Classrooms
Theoretical article on CT in the context of on line…
Evaluating Critical Thinking
An excellent introduction to evaluating CT objectives. It lists assignment…
Overview of critical thinking support materials
Provides links to valuable resources, including teaching strategies and evaluation…
26 critical thinking tools
A useful primary source article that introduces a specific tool…
Critical Thinking
There are some very useful tools on this website 1.…
Maria’s Family
The set of exercises and scenario ask students to check…
Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments
A 10-slide PowerPoint that goes through the process of analysis and…
Evaluating Arguments
Five steps for students to use to evaluate an argument:…
Argument Evaluation
Steps and clarifications to help students evaluate an argument: The…
Logical Fallacies Student Exploration Chart
This reproducible chart asks students to evaluate four different common…
Logical Fallacy Poster
This downloadable poster identifies and describes 24 different logical fallacies. It…
Implicit Bias Test
These tests help identify people’s implicit biases, or our automatic preferences…
Consider the Source
A short description about why it is important for instructors to…