Critical Thinking Online Resources

• Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project (Longview Community College)
• Critical Thinking Community (Sonoma State University)  Information on critical thinking conferences, materials, and listserves, for K-12 and college instructors.
• Critical Thinking Glossary: An educator's guide to critical thinking terms and concepts
• Critical Thinking University Information (Sonoma State University)
• Critical Thinking--What It Is & Why It Counts / Peter A. Facione
• Defining Critical Thinking (A draft statement by Michael Scriven and Richard Paul for the National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking)
• Grading Standards
• Helping Students Assess Their Thinking / by Richard Paul and Linda Elder
• Recommendations For Departmental Self-Evaluation
• Structures for Student Self-Assessment
• Universal Intellectual Standards  / by Linda Elder and Richard Paul

Background Reading

• Critical Thinking Resources
• Recommended Readings (Sonoma State University)
• Barry, Vincent E. Invitation to Critical Thinking.  Fort Worth, Tex. : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, [1990]   BC177 .B35 1990
• Brookfield, Stephen. Developing Critical Thinkers : Challenging Adults to Explore Alternative Ways of Thinking and Acting. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1987] BF441 .B79 1987
• Elder, Linda and Richard Paul.  "Critical Thinking : Developing Intellectual Traits."  Journal of Developmental Education (Spring 1998): 34-35.
• Elder, Linda.  "Critical Thinking : The Key to Emotional Intelligence." Journal of Developmental Education (Fall 1997): 40-41.
• Elder, Linda and Richard Paul.  "Critical Thinking : We Must Transform Our Teaching."  Journal of Developmental Education (Fall 1994): 34+.
• "Thumbs Up For Direct Teaching Of Thinking Skills."  Educational Leadership  (May 1986)