University of New Mexico - Valencia Campus
Teaching & Learning Center
Critical Thinking
The Critical Thinking Consortium, Sonoma State University. Information on critical thinking conferences, materials, and two list servers, for K-12 and college instructors http://www.criticalthinking.org/
TVI Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum http://planet.tvi.cc.nm.us/ctac
Types of Critical Questions http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/policy/cels/el4.html:
It also can mean that students learn more information than when the material is simply "covered" because they actively use it and have more chances to clear up confusion. There are some skills to do that... http://trc.virginia.edu/Publications/Teaching_Concerns/Spring_1995/TC_Spring_1995_Students_Thinking.htm
University of Central Florida. Example of an exercise used to teach law school students to think, taking advantage of asynchronous learning for best results. http://reach.ucf.edu/~aln/pyle/main.html
Actively engaging in critical thinking is at the heart of the questioning process. To foster this process, we must guide and support the learners' critical thinking. There are two basic types of critical thinking strategies: those that enhance the focusing of ideas and those that extend patterns of thought. http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/online_questions/respond.html
Sometimes it is helpful to get students involved in discussion of or thinking about course material either before any theory is presented in lecture or after several conflicting theories have been presented. The idea in the first case is to generate data or questions prior to mapping out the theoretical landscape; in the second case, the students learn to assess the relative merits of several approaches. http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/index.htm
In Teaching Students to Think Critically, Meyers proceeds on the commonsense assumption that critical capacities are content-specific. And, indeed, the intellectual skills needed to solve problems in fluid dynamics are not the same as those required to successfully analyze and critique works of art. http://trc.virginia.edu/Publications/Teaching_Concerns/Spring_1993/TC_Spring_1993_Voytko.htm
Want to help students excel in every area of the curriculum? Then help them learn and practice critical thinking skills. And that is just what Thinkology, a new series from Heartsoft, aims to accomplish. http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A1954.cfm