Explore the different dimensions to teaching critical thinking in the domain of reading with this
helpful link to journals, books, and software.
This site examines critical/creative thinking by focusing on its
criteria. Instead of a focus on learning, this article claims there is a growing interest in thinking inside the classroom.
This site is filled with critical thinking -- with a focus on
philosophy and logic. This might make good background reading to conduct a Socratic seminar. This is interesting juice for education!
This article takes an extensive look at
critical thinking
and uses footnotes. There are suggestions here, for example, on what a class looks like that emphasizes critical thinking. Not just talk here!
Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric. Click here to look at this example. The site even gives detailed instructions on how to use the guidelines.
Download the first issue of Critical Thinking. You can subscribe to future issues. It looks like it will be quality.
Even Dewey is mentioned here! But what I love is its focus on cooperative learning and group activity in relation to critical thinking.
Free lessons that stimulate critical thinking for Middle School English students.
This site
looks at how to ask questions that stimulate critical thinking. It stresses that the four levels of questions should not just be memorized. Rather, they should be learned via application.
Read this text critically!
This article deals with teaching critical reading and comes complete with a poem/map activity to use to teach or demonstrate critical reading.
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