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Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain
a classic matrix for thinking through classroom learning objectives as progressively more complex tasks and expectations
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/bloom.html
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Developing Critical Thinking Through Writing
Eficient discussion of what critical thinking is, and how it can be developed through writing assignments.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/faculty/pedagogies/thinking.shtml
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How to Evaluate the Information Sources You Find
For students, a concise review of how to evaluate the authority, usefulness, and reliability of the information found through the process of library research. Including: books, periodical articles, multimedia titles, or Web pages – whether looking at a citation, a physical item in hand, or an electronic version on a computer. Links to lengthier discussions.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/evaluate.html
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Evaluating Sources of Information
Purdue University site helping students evaluate bibliographic citations, content in a source, as well as internet sources. Links to further resources.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_evalsource.html
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Enhancing Student Learning: Intellectual, Social and Emotional Integration
Argues that the time is ripe for an institutional reform movement to focus on holistic learning: What does research say about the relationship among the intellectual, social, and emotional elements of student learning? What can individual faculty, student affairs professionals, and institutions more generally do to enhance holistic learning?
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/95-4dig.htm
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Focusing on Active, Meaningful Learning (pdf)
A short article in which a teaching-scholar defines what she means by “active and meaningful learning,” discusses unstructured cooperative learning and critical thinking, and reflects on experience in using these concepts in the courses she teaches and the textbooks she writes. Idea Paper no. 34, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.
http://www.theideacenter.org/sites/default/files/Idea_Paper_34.pdf
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Helping Your Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills (pdf)
Recommends theoretically grounded and empirically supported strategies to improve the development and assessment of students’ thinking skills – with bibliography. Idea Paper no. 37, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.
http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_37.pdf
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Models of College Students' Epistemological Development
Reviews theories of how notions of what constitutes knowledge and how one gets it change as individuals mature –"epistemological development," or development of ways of knowing.
http://www.indiana.edu/~l506/theoryframe/506Model.htm
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Motivating Students (pdf)
Reviews research and explains several concrete best practices on how to motivate students. Idea Paper no. 1, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.
http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_01.pdf
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Universal Intellectual Standards
A brief annotated list that succinctly articulates what we mean by “critical thinking, assembled by the Foundation for Critical Thinking.
http://www.criticalthinking.org/resources/articles/universal-intellectual-standards.shtml
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Critical Thinking: Higher Education Strategies & Samples
A dozen or so brief essays, samples, and rubrics helpful for instructional design in higher education that emphasizes the skills of critical thinking, assembled by the Foundation for Critical Thinking.
http://www.criticalthinking.org/page.cfm?CategoryID=64&endnav=1
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