Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
Developed here at BCC, this site provides examples of assignments and other resources that will help students develop critical thinking skills.

Dartmouth College Faculty Resources: Critical Thinking
This is a thoughtful essay on teaching critical thinking in higher education. The topics include the kinds and elements of critical thinking. Blooms’ Taxonomy is discussed.

Foundation for Critical Thinking
The Foundation for Critical Thinking offers a variety of services to teachers at all levels. The site includes worthwhile content including examples of integrating critical thinking into lesson plans for K-12 students. The organization offers an annual conference, in-service training at educational institutions as well as publications. The in-service facilitators and conference presenters such as Gerald Nosich and Richard Paul are well known for excellence in this field.

Longview Community College: Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
The site brings together many of the “core concepts” of critical thinking. For those who want a quick review of logic and the list of “informal fallacies,” this is the place.

Mission: Critical--San Jose State University
“Mission: Critical is an interactive tutorial for critical thinking, in which you will be introduced to basic concepts through sets of instructions and exercises. Formal instructional materials have been kept to a minimum, in order to take advantage of Mission: Critical's interactive format. Through immediate reinforcement for right and wrong answers to a series of increasingly complex exercises, you will begin to utilize the essential tools of intellectual analysis.”