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Critical Thinking

Defining Critical Thinking
Offers a clear understanding of what critical thinking IS and the processes it involves.

Strategies for Teaching Critical Thinking is an ERIC document that discusses the various skills related to critical thinking and three specific strategies for teaching these skills: 1) Building Categories, 2) Finding Problems, and 3) Enhancing the Environment.

Encouraging Critical Thinking Using the Case Study Method and Cooperative Learning Techniques
This article shows how cooperative learning teams can be taught to analyze case studies and how by using alternative conceptual frameworks to analyze these cases, students are encouraged to think more critically about all the theories presented in the course.

The Center for Critical Thinking has created a wealth of information including instructional guides and lesson plans to help educators implement Critical Thinking in every aspect of their teaching.

Critical Thinking: Expanding the Paradigm is a sample article from the journal "Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines." This journal provides a forum for the discussion of issues related to critical thinking across the disciplines, with an emphasis on the theory and practice of critical thinking in post-secondary educational contexts.

For more information on this topic, search the TRELLIS system (UG library).

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