Critical Thinking
The following resources are online or available at Pickler
Memorial Library.
Alexander, Mary S. "The art of teaching students to think
critically." Chronicle of Higher Education 45, 48
(August 6, 1999):B9
Link to article
"Details the author's methods of introducing American college
students to critical thinking. The value of critical thought;
Why the choice of material popular among the students was not
effective; The use of material removed from the experience of the
students; Selection criteria for what was used; Effectiveness of the
approach." (EBSCOhost)
Barnet, Sylvan. Literature: thinking, reading, and writing
critically. New York: Longman, 1997. General
Collection
PE 1417 L643 1997
This book "begins with three introductory chapters concerning
reading, thinking, and writing (drawing on stories and poems ranging
from the Parable of the Prodigal Son to works by William Blake, W.
B. Yeats, Elizabeth Bishop, Toni Cade Bambara, and Pat Mora), and
then offers an anthology of literature arranged by genre." (Preface)
Bean, John C. Engaging ideas: the professor's guide to
integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the
classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. General
Collection
PE 1404 .B35 1996
Chapter titles include "How writing is related to critical
thinking"; "Informal, exploratory writing activities"; "Designing
tasks for active thinking and learning"; "Coaching thinking through
the use of small groups"; "Alternative approaches to active learning
in the classroom"; and "Enhancing Learning and Critical Thinking in
Essay Exams".
Borg, J. Rody and Mary O. Borg. "Teaching critical thinking
in interdisciplinary economics courses" College Teaching
49, 1 (Winter 2001):20+ Link
to article
"Focuses on teaching critical thinking in interdisciplinary
economics courses in college. Definition of critical thinking;
Economics and critical thinking; Economics and English literature;
Biology and economics; How to assess the benefits of
interdisciplinary teaching." (EBSCOhost)
Brown, Harold and Sandra Salisch. "Clustering: a model for
the Freshman Thinking Project." College Teaching 44
(Winter 1996): 29-33
Link
to article.
Describes a model that is useful in teaching students to communicate
in clear and accurate English, both orally and in writing. Use
of the concept of clustering through a description of a project
called Freshman Thinking Project. (EBSCOhost)
Brookfield, Stephen. Becoming a critically reflective
teacher. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995. General
Collection
LB 2331 B677 1995
Chapter titles include: "Becoming critically reflective"; "What
autobiographies reveal"; "Seeing ourselves through our students'
eyes"; "Holding critical conversations about teaching"; and "Using
the literature of critical reflection".
The Critical writing workshop: designing writing assignments to
foster critical thinking, edited by Toni-Lee Capossela.
Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, c1993. General Collection
PE 1404 C75 1993
Chapter titles include: "What is Critical Writing?"; "Freedom of
Imagination: A Workshop in Writing from Multiple Perspectives" ;
"Improving Critical Thinking Through Problem Analysis"; and
"Critical Thinking and Computer-Mediated Writing Instruction".
Haladyna, Thomas M. Writing test items to evaluate higher
order thinking. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997. General
Collection
LB 3060.65 H35 1997
Chapter titles include: "What we measure with test items";
"Multiple-choice formats"; "Portfolio: collections of student work";
"Reviewing test items"; and "Statistical analysis of item
responses."
Lavely, Carolyn and Neal Berger. "Student abstracts,
scientific method, and critical thinking." College
Student Journal
30:4(December 1996):516+
Link to article
"Describes an objective, psychometrically sound system of training
college and university students in the United States on how to use
the scientific method. Guides in abstracting, briefing,
outlining pedagogical research experiment articles." (EBSCOhost)
McBride, Ron E. and Judy Reed. "Thinking and college
athletes - Are they predisposed to critical thinking?"
College Student Journal 32 (September 1998):443+
Link to article
"Presents a study which analyzed and compared the overall critical
thinking skills and dispositions of college athletes to those of the
general university student population. Methodology; Results
and discussion." (EBSCOhost)
Mentkowski, Marcia. Learning that lasts: integrating
learning, development and performance in college and beyond.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. General Collection
LB1060. M464 2000
Chapter titles include: "Student as learner"; "Learner as developing
person"; "Integrating domains of growth through transformative
learning"; and "Thinking through a curriculum for learning that
lasts."
Reasoning, critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving,
communicating, mastering content--putting it all together.
(Videorecording) Santa Rosa, CA.: Foundation for Critical Thinking,
1993.
Video LB 1025.2 H68 no. 8
"Presenter Richard Paul demonstrates the intimate inter-connections
between reasoning, critical thinking, creativity, problem solving,
communication and mastering content, and relates them to particular
teaching processes and strategies" Summary on record.
Romain, Dianne Elise. Thinking things through: critical
thinking for decisions you can live with. Mountain View,
CA.: Mayfield Pub. Co., 1997. General Collection
BC 177 R65 1997
This book includes chapters on emotion and decision making. It
links the traditionally taught thinking skills to understanding
emotion, decision making, and conflict resolution. And it
offers multiple opportunities for students to put these thinking
skills into practice with real-life exercises and writing
assignments. (Preface)
de Sanchez, Margarita A. "Using critical-thinking
principles as a guide to college-level instruction" Teaching
of Psychology 22, 1(February 1995):72+
Link to article
"Describes an objective, psychometrically sound system of training
college and university students in the United States on how to use
the scientific method. Guides in abstracting, briefing,
outlining pedagogical research experiment articles." (EBSCOhost)
Teays, Wanda. Second thoughts: critical thinking from a
multicultural perspective. Mountain View, CA.: Mayfield
Pub. Co., 1996. General Collection
BC 177 T4 1996
This book is arranged in four parts. Part one lays the
foundation of the value of critical thinking and multicultural
dimensions. Part two includes chapters on argumentation;
inductive reasoning versus deductive reasoning; problem solving and
fallacies. Part three includes a range of applications of
critical thinking skills. Part four provides some fundamental
tools of logic that help develop critical thinking skills. (Preface)
Van Gelder, Tim. "Teaching Critical Thinking: Some Lessons from
Cognitive Science." College Teaching 53.1 (Winter 2005):
41-46.
Link to article
Why intellectual standards? Why teach for them?
(Videorecording) Center for Critical Thinking and Moral Critique.
Santa Rosa, CA: Foundation for Critical Thinking, 1993.
Video
LB1025.2 H68 no. 7
"Presenter Richard Paul demonstrates the importance of making
intellectual criteria and standards explicit in instruction.
He provides examples of poor reasoning by both students and teachers
in the absence of clarity in assessment." Summary on record.
Why students and often teachers don't reason well.
(Videorecording) Santa Rosa, CA.: Foundation for Critical Thinking,
1993.
Video LB 1025.2 H68 no.6
"Presenter Richard Paul documents common problems in student and
teacher reasoning, he explains some of the fundamental concepts and
skills essential to good reasoning and how to teach for it."
Summary on record.
Compiled by Daisy Rearick
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