Critical Thinking Lesson Plans and Activities for Using Critical Thinking Techniques in the Classroom By Subject Area Anthropology Human origins. Edmonds Community College curriculum. http://web.edcc.edu/anthr110/ Second critical thinking essay; Anthropology 110 An Anthropology writing assignment to develop and exercise critical thinking and research skills. http://web.edcc.edu/anthr110/finalessay.html Arts America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/amsing/thinking.html Collection Connections: Inventing Entertainment- Critical Thinking. The Library of Congress' American Memory, Learning Page http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/ed/thinking.html Collection Connections: posters from the WPA - Critical Thinking. The Library of Congress' American Memory, Learning Page http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/poster/thinking.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/wpahome.html The Museum as Time Capsule, Mongolian Example The exotic artifacts in a museum are ideal objects with which students can practice the skills of observation and inference to make connections between the known and unknown. http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000015.htm Business Critical thinking & collaborative learning Video vignettes from the food service industry provide a basis for a variety of learning activities, including employee training sessions, classroom activities, or Web-based instruction and discussion. http://www.uky.edu/HES/NFS/foodservice/critical.htm A model for case analysis and problem solving. prepared by Edward G. Wertheim. A rationale and methodology for using the case study as a learning tool. http://web.cba.neu.edu/~ewertheim/introd/cases.htm Consumer Health Lesson Plan# ALEP-COH0004. Fostering critical thinking skills for consumer health decisions. An activity to develop consumer health skills among secondary school students. http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Consumer_Health/COH0004.html Health, safety, and nutrition for the young child, 5E [by] Lynn R. Marotz, Marie Z. Cross, and Jeanettia M. Rush. Class unit on understanding the different ways that people define and approach health and healthcare. http://www.earlychilded.delmar.com/resources/marotz/criticalthinking/reflective-unit2.html Media Education in the Classroom. Increase awareness of tobacco marketing and review the effects of smoking. http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/class/teamedia/true.htm Selected ERIC and ERIC/REC search results ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication Digest #84-EDO-CS-93-07. Self-talk & self-health. prepared by Julia E. Weikle. Examines the ways in which self-talk (or inner speech) can help change people's health states. Coaching ERIC/REC Document -Coaching Critical Thinking: Tutoring Athletes Toward Self-sufficiency http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/www/dbsearch/entries/c0001158.shtml Decision Making and Problem Solving Bardach E. (2000) Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: the eightfold path to more effective problem solving. NY: Chathan Pubs 2000. "Communication studies group consensus exam" LaVonne K. Wahl. Students use critical thinking and group decision-making skills. http://planet.tvi.cc.nm.us/ctac/teachideas/Wahl.consensus.htm Critical thinking and problem solving skills. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/critical.htm Critical Thinking in Design: Part 1 Project Planning, Part 11 Idea Generation, Part 111 Project Management http://www.uiweb.com/issues/issue16.htm Five Steps to Better Critical-thinking, Problem-Solving, and Decision-Making Skills' http://www.westwords.com/GUFFEY/critical.html Kirtland Assessment. Target Area: Occupational Education http://k2.kirtland.cc.mi.us/~assess/oe.htm Mathematics for Decision Making in Industry and Government: High School Modules http://www.enc.org/resources/records/full/0,,011878,00.shtm What Do I Want to Be when I Grow UP? http://www.esc2.net/TIELevel2/projects/growup Dentistry Curriculum: Critical thinking in dentistry Two courses designed to help students reinforce and incorporate the basic medical sciences in the care of their patients. http://sdm.uchc.edu/predoctoral/curriculum/criticalthinking.shtml Distance Education MacKnight, C.B. (2000) "Teaching critical thinking through online discussions". EDUCAUSE Quarterly. 2000:4 Using online discussion and presentation tools to encourage intellectual growth and the development of critical thinking skills. Selected papers on issues in distance learning. A compilation of Web-accessible papers on general distance learning issues. http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~b-sloan/libdist.html#Issues Economics Conceptual Analysis in Economics: an AskERIC Lesson Plan http://www.askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/ Social_Studies/Economics/ECO0001.html Statistics Canada: Canadian Statistics - the Economy in Detail, Primary Industries http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/Economy/primar.htm To Market To Market. From the Library of Congress/ American Memory, Learning Page http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/market/main.html English as a Foreign Language Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad: a 12-day EFL History unit. prepared by Sarah Lawrence Using content-based instruction, students learn English and the positive personal qualities and contributions to society of a famous African-American. The students are encouraged to draw their own conclusions and to challenge stereotypes. http://www.asia-u.ac.jp/english/cele/articles/Lawrence_Tubman.htm Promoting creative thinking, speaking, and writing in the EFL classroom through the use of instrumental music. [prepared by] William Tyree. Using music to stimulate creative thinking and encourage vocabulary and writing skills in the target language. http://www.asia-u.ac.jp/english/cele/articles/Tyree_Creative_Thinking.htm Teaching critical thinking. [prepared by] Sally Reid A paper outlining various definitions of critical thinking and its use in the classroom. http://www.asia-u.ac.jp/english/cele/articles/Reid_Critical_Thinking.htm General Health and Medicine Anatomy lesson. A short lesson in critical thinking. http://www.mssm.edu/students/linb01/GrossAnatomy.html Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project: Coaching winners: How to teach critical thinking. Integrating critical thinking skills into the health care professional curriculum. http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/winners.htm Critical thinking on the web; a directory of quality online resources. Subject areas addressed include Nursing and Teaching. http://www.philosophy.unimelb.edu.au/reason/critical/index.htm Critical thinking in health care. A problem-based learning approach to assist students in developing critical thinking skills in health care from the University of Florida. http://www.hp.ufl.edu/courses/hsc4608l/ Effective Teaching in Agricultural and Life Sciences www.ais.msstate.edu/TALS Understanding dietetics and nutrition through the computer. http://www.educause.edu/asp/conf/function.asp?pin=&product_code=e01/ps065&meeting=e01 The use of critical thinking skills to analyze health disparities Skill building in using critical thinking techniques; includes a list of references. http://www.etr.org/recapp/practice/edskills200107.htm Print References Alavi,C, ed. (1995) Problem-based learning in a health sciences curriculum. London: Routledge. Health Expectations [journal] The purpose of this journal is to "promote critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of public participation in health care and health policy". History and Social Studies Educated Guess. by Dan McDowell. Social Studies/Current Events lesson plan using the Educated Guess web site. Students make "educated guesses" about near-future current events based upon events that have already occurred. http://www.classroom.com/edsoasis/TGuild/Lessons/EdGuess.html Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad: a 12-day EFL History unit. prepared by Sarah Lawrence. Using content-based instruction, students learn English and the positive personal qualities and contributions to society of a famous African-American. The students are encouraged to draw their own conclusions and to challenge stereotypes. http://www.asia-u.ac.jp/english/cele/articles/Lawrence_Tubman.htm Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/naw/thinking.html Information and Media Literacy American Library Association, ACRL's National Information Literacy Initiative. Final report of information literacy programs. http://www.ala.org/acrl/nili/ilit1st.html Bibliography on evaluating Internet resources. Includes websites and print resources related to teaching and using critical thinking skills to evaluate Internet information. http://www.lib.vt.edu/research/libinst/evalbiblio.html Center for Media Literacy. http://www.medialit.org http://www.medialit.org/othersites.html Center for Media Literacy Reading Room Case Studies. An outline for adding media literacy to a school curriculum. http://www.medialit.org/ReadingRoom/casestudies/cs_olm.html Checklist for an advocacy web page. Widener University's Wolfgram Memorial Library staff presents guidelines for recognizing an advocacy web page and a checklist for evaluating its contents. http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/advoc.htm Critical Evaluation of WWW Sites http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/ctevalwww/index.htm Critical thinking and information literacy across the curriculum. The Bellevue Community College project for including critical thinking and information literacy skills in the curriculum. http://ir.bcc.ctc.edu/library/ilac/default.htm Critical thinking and hypertext [by] Christopher W. Foltz. When critical thinking and rational decision making skills are applied to the world of hypertext, students have the opportunity to create new realms of ideas. http://www.wiu.edu/users/mucwf/crit.html Critical thinking in an online world http://www.wvu.edu./%7Elawfac/jelkins/thinking.html Critical thinking in an online world [by] Debra Jones (1996). Describes and instructional design project for teaching critical thinking skills for evaluating online resources. http://www.library.ucsb.edu/untangle/jones.html Evaluating Information Found on the Internet, EE Kirk, 1996, updated 2001. http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:8001/research/education/net.html Evaluating Internet information Questions and tips to evaluate information found on the Internet. http://www.lib.vt.edu/research/libinst/idle/evaluating.html Evaluating Web Resources http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm FIU - Information Literacy Comprehensive site offering information about the FIU Information Literacy program and links to similar efforts in the U.S. http://www.fiu.edu/~library/ili/index.html ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication ERIC Digest 44: How to Read Television: Teaching Students to View TV Critically by NK Aiex. http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests/d44.html ICYouSee: T is for Thinking. ICYOUSEE Guide to Critical Thinking about What You See on the Web http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html The Learning Page's media analysis tools http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/media.html Media Awareness Network Practical support for media education; for families and schools. http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng Media Education in the Classroom. Increase awareness of tobacco marketing and review the effects of smoking. http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/class/teamedia/true.htm The Media Literacy Clearinghouse: Information geared towards K-12 educators and how to incorporate media literacy into curriculums. Frank Baker, web master/media educator Columbia South Carolina. http://www.med.sc.edu/medialit Metamedia Literacy: Transforming Meanings and Media by JL Lemke, CUCNY, Brooklyn College School of Education http://www.schools.ash.org.au/litweb/page500.html Privacy in the Information Age: helping students develop critical awareness about privacy and the security of personal information. http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/issues/priv/resources/privunit.htm Quinebaug Valley Community-Technical College. Outlines the elements of information literacy; includes excerpts from the ALA position paper. http://www.qvctc.commnet.edu/llc/infolit.html Shapiro, J.J. and Hughes, S.K. (1996) "Information literacy as a liberal art; enlightenment proposals for a new curriculum". EDUCOM Review 31:2 (March/April 1996) What does it mean to be information-literate in a society increasingly affected by information-technology issues? Strategic Alliance Links Center for Media Literacy and Teacher's Discovery. Collaboration on new product development to serve the growing media literacy marketplace. http://www.medialit.org/pr_111201.html Sneak Peek, new resources for Media Literacy education http://www.medialit.org/Catalog/sneakpeak/nov2001.html Texas Information Literacy Tutorial T.I.L.T. http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/ Teaching information literacy in the digital age. >From Baltimore County Public School System, the site includes assessments and scoring tools, best practices, and curriculum tools. http://www.bcpl.net/~dcurtis/teachinfolit/ UCLA College Library: Thinking Critically about WWW Resources. Teach yourself how to think critically about Wolrd Wide Web resources. http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm YCP Information Literacy. Sidebar addresses how to locate materials, how to evaluate the materials, and how to use them effectively after forming a focused question or hypothesis. http://www.ycp.edu/library/ifl/etext/etintro.htm Librarianship Love, E. (1987) "The science of medical librarianship: investing in the future" Bulletin of the Medical Library Association Oct;75(4):302-9. A school media specialist's introductory guide to developing critical thinking and inquiry skills using web-based resources and activities. http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/~lchampel/webinq.html Literature, Reading, and Writing Ariadne's Thread - Experiments in Critical Thinking Find critical analyses of contemporary ethical issues like abortion, affirmative action and hate speech. http://users.telerama.com/~jdehullu/ Brainstorming to find a thesis and create an outline. by Donna Metreger. A critical thinking exercise. http://planet.tvi.cc.nm.us/ctac/teachideas/Metreger.brainstorming.htm Chance, a quantitative literacy course helping students be more informed, critical readers of news stories using probability and statistics. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/ Collection Connections: American Life Histories- Critical thinking. Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1940. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/ed/thinking.html Detective fiction: Focus on critical thinking. by Vanessa Clayton. A curriculum unit using detective fiction to develop and refine critical thinking skills; emphasis reading and comprehension skills. From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1995/1/95.01.01.x.html ERIC/REC Document: Point of View Speech (A speech assignment in critical thinking) http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/www/dbsearch/entries/r0000777.shtml ERIC/REC Document: Rap and Orality: Critical Media Literacy... http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/www/dbsearch/entries/c0000413.shtml Math and Science Biotechnology Education Program (BEP) Sponsored by the Lawrence Livermore National Library, provides information for students and teachers to understand the complexities of biotechnology and how it impacts society. http://ep.llnl.gov/bep Chance, a quantitative literacy course helping students be more informed, critical readers of news stories using probability and statistics. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/ Critical thinking in biology: Case problems Using case problems to inspire students to develop scientific reasoning skills. http://www.saltspring.com/capewest/ct.htm How Far Does Light Go? Debate - knowledge integration environment learning http://www.kie.berkeley.edu/KIE/web/hf.html How Much is a Million http://wings.avkids.com/Curriculums/Dinosaurs/how_much_million_howto.html Jason Project; real science, real research, real time, real learning. "The Jason Foundation for Education is dedicated to inspiring in students a lifelong passion to pursue learning in science, math, and technology through exploration and discovery." http://www.jasonproject.org Maryland Project Learning Tree. An award winning environmental education program designed for students in pre-K through 12th grade. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/kids/plt.html Mathematics for Decision Making in Industry and Government: High School Modules http://www.enc.org/resources/records/full/0,,011878,00.shtm MathStories.com; math for the internet generation. Membership and fee required. over 5,500 math word problems that help elementary and middle school students improve math problem solving and critical thinking skills. http://www.mathstories.com National Science Teachers Association. Teacher resources for all levels of instruction. http://www.nsta.org/ Probability: Shack's Math Problems http://www.thewizardofodds.com/math/ Scientific concepts and methods. The Michigan Teacher Network provides lesson plans, exercises, and other aids for teaching the sciences. http://mtn.merit.edu/resources/science/scientific_concepts_and_methods.html TALESSI Project: promoting active learning for interdisciplinary, values awareness, and critical thinking in environmental higher education. http://www.gre.ac.uk/~bj61/talessi/paper2.htm Thinking Fountain. Maintained by the Science Museum of Minnesota as part of the Science Learning Network; encourages questioning and inquiry by modeling the way questions about one thing lead to other topics and questions. http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/ What if there Were No Clocks? http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Crit.Think.Time.Lesson.html Nursing Basic nursing: a critical thinking approach. A website based on the book. http://www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/Potter/Basic Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project: Coaching winners: How to teach critical thinking. Integrating critical thinking skills into the health care professional curriculum. http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/winners.htm Critical thinking in community health Class taught by Karin Domnick at the University of Toronto; ". . . to refine critical thinking skills in health" http://www.phs.utoronto.ca/courses/s_5003.htm Critical thinking: To think like a nurse. http://www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/thinking.html Critical thinking [6 exercises] Case studies based on: Green's Critical thinking in nursing: case studies across the curriculum http://www.pccua.cc.ar.us/ahudson/lectures1.htm Critical thinking in nursing: case studies. Practice critical thinking skills through the analysis of case studies. http://www.homesteadschools.com/Nursing/descriptions/CriticalThinking.htm Critical thinking scenarios for RN students. A web page from the Regional Health Occupations Resource Center. http://www.sbcc.cc.ca.us/academic/rhorc/criticalthinking.html Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing. A paid subscription is required. http://stti-web.iupui.edu/library/ojksn/ Print References Journal of Advanced Nursing [journal] Nursing and health related fields Bibliography; includes a wide range of material. http://www.cte.usf.edu/bibs/c_thinking/nurse/bib_nurse.html Public Health Nursing [journal] Alfaro-Lefevre, R. (1999) Critical thinking in nursing: a practical approach. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. Benner, P.E. (1996) Expertise in nursing practice: caring, clinical judgement, and ethics. New York: Springer. Burnard, P. (1991) Experiential learning in action. Aldershot, Hants, England: Gower. Burns, S. and C. Bulman, eds. (2000) Refelective practice in nursing. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific. Canobbio, M.M. (1996) Mosby's handbook of patient teaching. St. Louis: Mosby Ewan, C.E. (1996) Teaching nursing: a self-instructional handbook. San Diego, Calif.:Singular, Facione, N.C. and P.A. Facione (1997) Critical thinking assessment in nursing education programs: an aggregate data analysis. Millbrae, Calif.: California Academic Press. Green, C.J. (2000) Critical thinking in nursing: case studies across the curriculum. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Health. Ignatavicius, D.D. and M.L. Workman (2001) Medical-surgical nursing. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. Mayer, R. and F. Goodchild (1995) The critical thinker. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Brown & Benchmark. Meltzer, M. and S.M. Palau (1996) Acquiring critical thinking skills. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. Neary, M. (2000) Teaching, assessing, and evaluation for clinical competence: a practical guide for practitioners and teachers. Cheltenham, Glos.: Stanley Thomas. O'Connor, A.B. (2001) Clinical instruction and evaluation: a teaching resource. Boston: Jones and Bartlett. Rideout, E. (2001) Transforming nursing education through problem-based learning. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Rubenfield, M. G. (1999) Critical thinking in nursing: an interactive approach. Philadelphia: Lippincott. Tagliareni, M.E. and B.B.Marckx, eds. (1999) Teaching in the community: preparing nurses for the 21st century. Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett. Physical Therapy Graham, C.L. (1996) "Conceptual learning processes in physical therapy students" Physical Therapy. 1996 Aug; 76(8):856-65. Van Langenberghe, H.V. (1988) "An evaluation of students' approaches to studying in a problem-based physical therapy curriculum" Physical Therapy. 1988 Apr; 68(4):522-9. Psychology Arguments: the basic units of critical thinking in psychology Psychology is full of arguments, assertions with empirical evidence and theoretical support; identifying arguments is a key step in critical thinking. http://www.necc.cc.ms.us/~cbillin/criticalthinker.htm Exploring psychology scientifically - asking testable questions. The first step in doing psychology scientifically is learning how to ask testable questions. http://gateway1.gmcc.ab.ca/~digdonn/psych104/think.htm How critical thinking integrated into general psychology at . . . Howard Community College. Class exercises and a bibliography of sources, including video. http://admin.nj.devry.edu/keepers/cti.htm Religion Lesson Plan# AELP-CIV0001: An Approach to Teaching Religious Tolerance http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Civics/CIV0001.html Social Work Social Work 6011: Critical thinking and ethical evaluation for assessment and intervention. Course syllabus from Memorial University of Newfoundland. http://courses.mun.ca/scwk6011/resources.html Gambrill, E. (1997) Social work practice: a critical thinker's guide. Oxford University Press USA. ISBN: 0195113322 Gibbs, L., and Gambrill, E. (1999) Critical thinking for social workers: exercises for the helping professions. Rev. Ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. ISBN: 0761986081 Information competencies for social work students Sponsored by the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ALA), provides links to information on critical thinking and research skills, and more, selected especially for social work students. http://www.lib.wayne.edu/purdy/librarians/slawler/critical.html Veterinary Medicine Critical thinking for the veterinary profession: evaluating therapeutic claims in a rapidly changing world. A conference held at the University of Missouri, Columbia, on October 20-21, 2001. http://www.seanet.com/~vettf/Conspeak.htm The Alternative medicine advisory page. The National Council Against Health Fraud page dealing with the issues of unproven therapeutic claims, pseudoscience, critical thinking, and health fraud in veterinary medicine. View with Microsoft Explorer. http://www.seanet.com/~vettf/ Lesson Plans and Activities for Using Critical Thinking Techniques in the Classroom By Grade Level Elementary Level Lesson Plans and Activities On the Web Creativity/Problem Solving/Critical Thinking lesson plans and resources Portal page to critical thinking lesson plans for various grade levels and subject areas http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edcreative.htm Critical thinking in our school community Describes a project developed by the Eau Claire Area School District. http://www.ecasd.k12.wi.us/departments/ci/critical_thinking/ MathStories.com; math for the internet generation Membership and fee required. Over 5,500 math word problems that help elementary and middle school students improve math problem solving and critical thinking skills. http://www.mathstories.com Planning for problem solving instruction... A general outline for using Critical Thinking in a 6th grade math class http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/math/ma6plan.htm Trackstar: Developing critical thinking skills, why? How? Designed as a guide to why critical thinking skills (or HOTS - Higher Order Thinking Skills) is being pushed into the classroom and how and where to find the resources needed to create a learning environment emphasizing these skills. http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/display.php3?option=text&track_id=7350 Tummy trouble (episode 105b) Health habits and personal responsibility http://www.pbskids.org/clifford/caregivers/activities/act_tummy.html Secondary Level Lesson Plans and Activities On the Web Creativity/Problem Solving/Critical Thinking lesson plans and resources Portal page to critical thinking lesson plans for various grade levels and subject areas. http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edcreative.htm Detective fiction: Focus on critical thinking. by Vanessa Clayton A curriculum unit using detective fiction to develop and refine critical thinking skills; emphasizes reading and comprehension skills. From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1995/1/95.01.01.x.html Educated Guess. by Dan McDowell Social Studies/Current Events lesson plan using the Educated Guess web site. Students make "educated guesses" about near-future current events based upon events that have already occurred. http://www.classroom.com/edsoasis/TGuild/Lessons/EdGuess.html Eye of the Beholder, The Chesapeake Bay Maryland State Archives, Photographs by Marion E. Warren Think critically about what is there and what you see and how each sees the same image differently. http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/photos/eye/html/bay.html Ideal Classroom for the 21st Century: Teaching Thinking and Computer Skills for the Information Highway Interactive Electronic Classroom http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1259/121/7295/html/schools.html Lesson Plan# ALEP-COH0004. Fostering critical thinking skills for consumer health decisions. An activity to develop consumer health skills among secondary school students. http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Consumer_Health/COH0004.html Maryland State Archives Colonial History Contest The theme of the 2002 Maryland Colonial Society Essay Contest is: The Constant Guardian...Maryland Firefighters and Police in Review http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/educ/html/essays.html http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/educ/essay/html/02essay.html Maryland State Archives Exhibits and Museum Without Walls Web publications, On-line Exhibits, Traveling Exhibits, Speeches of Note http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/educ/exhibits/html/exhibit.html Mount Everest; a critical thinking, cooperative learning activity An exercise in which students use cooperative group discussion and critical thinking skills to answer inferential comprehension questions. http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Everest Crit.Think Lesson.html The Museum as Time Capsule, Mongolian Example The exotic artifacts in a museum are ideal objects with which students can practice the skills of observation and inference to make connections between the known and unknown. http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000015.htm Teaching in the Age of the Internet Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Maryland State Archives propose a collaborative program to combine traditional educational goals and the use of original documents with the technology of the Internet http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1259/121/7578/html/summary.html Post Secondary Level Lesson Plans and Activities On the Web Argumentation and critical thinking tutorial An interactive tutorial with a series of tests to reinforce knowledge and understanding of basic concepts associated with thinking critically and making arguments. http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~act/ Brainstorming to find a thesis and create an outline. by Donna Metreger. A critical thinking exercise http://planet.tvi.cc.nm.us/ctac/teachideas/Metreger.brainstorming.htm "Communication studies group consensus exam" LaVonne K. Wahl. Students use critical thinking and group decision-making skills. http://planet.tvi.cc.nm.us/ctac/teachideas/Wahl.consensus.htm Critical thinking across the curriculum at Albuquerque TVI Community College. Information about thoughtful teaching for thoughtful learning. http://planet.tvi.cc.nm.us/ctac Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project, Longview Community College Created by the faculty of Longview Community College for use in integrating critical thinking into all areas of the curriculum. http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project: Coaching winners: How to teach critical thinking. Integrating critical thinking skills into the health care professional curriculum. http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/winners.htm Critical thinking across the curriculum; syllabus for CRIT 1101 A beginning course in critical thinking from Clayton College and State University. http://a-s.clayton.edu/Humanities/resources/crit1101.html Critical thinking & collaborative learning Video vignettes from the food service industry provide a basis for a variety of learning activities, including employee training sessions, classroom activities, or Web-based instruction and discussion. http://www.uky.edu/HES/NFS/foodservice/critical.htm Critical thinking and information literacy across the curriculum The Bellevue Community College project for including critical thinking and information literacy skills in the curriculum. http://ir.bcc.ctc.edu/library/ilac/default.htm Critical thinking in biology: Case problems Using case problems to inspire students to develop scientific reasoning skills. http://www.saltspring.com/capewest/ct.htm ECAC World Wide Web sites Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum. http://onlinelearning.tc.cc.va.us/faculty/tcreisd/projects/ecac/ecacsite.htm Maryland State Archives: Archives of Maryland, Documents for the Classroom. Series is compiled and introduced by Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse, Maryland State Archives & Dr. M. Mercer Neale, Boys' Latin School. The program makes facsimiles of original documents available for use by teachers and students in elementary and secondary schools, as well as colleges and universities. http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/educ/html/sc2221.html A model for case analysis and problem solving. prepared by Edward G. Wertheim A rationale and methodology for using the case study as a learning tool. http://web.cba.edu/~ewertheim/introd/cases.htm See also: http://web.cba.neu.edu/~ewertheim/skills/writovv.htm "Precursors to critical thinking" The first of a three-part compilation of activities that require students to observe, organize, and think creatively as precursors to critical thinking. http://planet.tvi.cc.nm.us/ctac/teachideas/wk3jun99.htm Second critical thinking essay; Anthropology 110 An Anthropology writing assignment to develop and exercise critical thinking and research skills. http://web.edcc.edu/anthr110/finalessay.html Alphabetical Listing of Lesson Plans and Activities Across the Curriculum On the Web Creative and critical thinking Critical thinking exercises based upon a museum visit. http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/class/Museums/Teacher_Guide/home.html Critical thinking skills guide picks. http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/criticalthinking/ C.R.O.P. Communities Resolving Our Problems: the basic idea CROP web site is to discover, refine and solve these problems while learning and using the latest information technologies. The main branches at the top of the CROP web pages aid two audiences that seek to spell out and solve problems, individuals and communities. CROP's design also plans for an integration of school-based and work-based learning communities. http://www.ceap.wcu.edu/Houghton/Learner/basicidea.html Encarta Schoolhouse: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad http://encarta.msn.com/alexandria/templates/lessonFull.asp?page=2799 Maryland Project Learning Tree An award winning environmental education program designed for students in pre-K through 12th grade. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/kids/plt.html National Science Teachers Association Teacher resources for all levels of instruction http://www.nsta.org/ Rock or Feather: A critical-thinking activity Students make and defend choices in this classroom activity. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson145.shtml A school media specialist's introductory guide to developing critical thinking and inquiry skills using web-based resources and activities. http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/~lchampel/webinq.html Scientific concepts and methods The Michigan Teacher Network provides lesson plans, exercises, and other aids for teaching the sciences. http://mtn.merit.edu/resources/science/scientific_concepts_and_methods.html Related Links and Resources Assessment Tools Helping students assess their thinking by Richard Paul and Linda Elder. http://www.criticalthinking.org/University/helps.html Holistic Critical Thinking scoring Rubric An assessment tool that may be used in conjunction with other tools to provide multiple measures of critical thinking performance http://www.calpress.com/rubric.html UMUC Assessment of Information Literacy Skills. Part of the assessment resource center, guiding those studying information literacy in using their critical thinking, research, and problem solving skills. http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/irahe/arc/4gen.html Motivation for Learning Student motivation to learn Student apathy can be reduced by educator awareness of students' attitudes and beliefs about learning. http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/Student_Motivation.html ERIC/REC Bibliography. Motivation: Some general theories and classroom strategies and practices. Another great ERIC resource including web sites as well as ERIC citations and abstracts. There are a number of materials dealing with the subject of student motivation in the ERIC and ERIC/REC databases. Search terms to use include motivation Databases - Library Catalogs - ERICs' - Gateways Suggested search terms include: Critical thinking (subject) Nursing study and teaching (subject) Learning strategies (key word) Nursing problems exercises etc (subject) Physical therapy (subject) Clinical skills and Critical thinking Catalogs: Library of Congress Online Catalog http://catalog.loc.gov VICTORWeb; The University System of Maryland http://victorweb.lib.umd.edu Databases: MEDLINEplus. http://medlineplus.gov PubMed. http://pubmed.gov Synergy. Online, searchable database of journals from Blackwell Science and Munksgaard. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/ ERIC and ERIC/REC resources There are a number of materials dealing with the subject of critical thinking in the ERIC and ERIC/REC databases. Search terms to use include: Critical thinking Decision making Problem solving Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) http://www.eric.ed.gov/ ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation http://ericae.net/ Critical thinking resources from ERIC http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/bks/ct.html Selected ERIC and ERIC/REC search results: ERIC/REC Bibliography. Problem solving in elementary schools. Includes web sites and print resources as well as ERIC citations ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Digest #40. Critical thinking: Promoting it in the classroom. prepared by M. Carol Tama. A look at some of the literature in the field; includes references. ERIC Digest. Critical thinking in community colleges. ERIC/REC CS#760129 How to develop an editorial policy, teach critical thinking, and avoid insurrection in the journalism classroom. by Stephen Lambert. (also published in Exercise exchange.46:1, pp 8-10. ISSN:0531-531X) ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication ERIC Digest 44: How to Read Television: Teaching Students to View TV Critically by NK Aiex. http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests/d44.html ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Digest 40: Critical thinking: Promoting it in the classroom. prepared by M. Carrol Tama.. A look at some of the literature in the field; includes references. Graphic organizers in secondary schools [a bibliography] Includes articles on critical thinking and enhancing comprehension using visual displays. Gateways: Gateway to educational Materials, providing educators quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources. http://www.thegateway.org/welcome.html Mega Educational Website Collections. Baltimore County Public Schools http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/misc/mega.html AskERIC lesson plans Lesson Plan# AELP-CUR0001: An approach to current events. Encourages the application of critical thinking skills to newspaper reports and network and local TV news reports. Lesson Plan# AELP-CIV0001: An Approach to Teaching Religious Tolerance http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Civics/CIV0001.html Lesson Plan# AELP-INT0013: Critical thinking strategies. Lessons to help develop and evaluate critical thinking skills that are adaptable to across curriculum and age level lines. Lesson Plan# ALEP-COH0004: Fostering critical thinking skills for consumer health decisions. An activity to develop consumer health skills among secondary school students. Lesson Plan# AELP-LIT0004: [based on Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech]. Apply critical thinking techniques in listening and speaking. Lesson Plan# AELP-STH0010: "Let me tell you about my state!" Using Amateur Radio communication services, students compare and collect information about their different states culture, geography, government... Writing to learn: Journal-writing activities Several writing-to-learn activities using journals and learning logs. Links Additional resources across the curriculum and beyond Active teaching and learning by Jocelyn Robson A paper presenting strategies for Active Teaching and Learning in the classroom http://www.gre.ac.uk/~bj61/talessi/atl.html Advanced Reference Online Resources, Towson University College of Education Listings of search engines, search engine tutorials, gateways and portals, and other web-based resources. http://www.bcpl.net/~dcurtis/reference/resources.html Bibliography: Critical thinking. http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/irahe/arc/bib_critical.html California Academic Press. Not just books; offers information on workshops and projects; promotes the press as "leaders in critical thinking assessment". http://www.calpress.com Campus Writing Program Library Directory, Indiana University, Bloomington. Click on "Critical Thinking" for a list of articles and abstracts on critical thinking. http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/cwp/lib/libdir.html Center for Critical Thinking resources. A list of teacher resources created by the Center for Critical Thinking; includes instructional guides and lesson plans. http://www.criticalthinking.org/k12/k12class/trc.html The Critical Project. Created and maintained by James Elkins, Professor of Law at West Virginia University. This website is a "compilation of Web resources, knowledge fragments, and commentary". http://www.wvu.edu/%7Elawfac/jelkins/opening.html Critical thinking: A primer. Palo Alto College site for faculty providing an overview of critical thinking and available resources. lonestar.texas.net/~mseifert/crit4.html Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum: Critical thinking resources on the web, compiled by Patrick Houlihan Includes links to best practices, brain teasers and other fun teaching tools, articles, and lesson plans. http://fpweb.tvi.cc.nm.us/ctac/resources.htm Critical thinking & collaborative learning Links to recommended websites. http://www.uky.edu/HES/NFS/foodservice/critical.htm Critical thinking: Basic Questions and Answers Provides an overview of CT and the issues surrounding it. http://www.criticalthinking.org/University/questions.html Critical thinking in the classroom - teacher implementation, related resources, & ordering details! Includes over 90 ready-to-use, research-based, classroom activities along with links to other useful sites on a very colorful page. http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/sockenden/edb363/internetprojects/criticalthinking1/criticalindex.html Critical thinking on the Web. A rich list of resources on critical thinking by Tim van Gelder of the University of Melbourne. http://www.philosophy.unimelb.edu.au/reason/critical Critical thinking page of William Klein, moderator of Think-L e-mail discussion list. http://www.umsl.edu/~klein/Critical_Thinking.html Critical thinking resources: an annotated bibliography From Montclair State University (NJ) http://www.montclair.edu/Pages/CRC/Bibliographies/CriticalThinking.html Critical thinking skills, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. http://7-12educators.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncrel.org%2Fskrs%2Fareas%2Fissues%2Fenvrnmnt%2Fdrugfree%2Fsa3crit.htm Critical thinking - what can it be? http://7-12educators.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.regent.edu%2Fadmin%2Finseff%2Fcrtthink.html Dan Kurland's Critical Reading website http://www.criticalreading.com/ Ed's Oasis K-12 teacher resources and opportunities; includes lesson plans and class activities. http://www.classroom.com/edsoasis/ Educause Information Resource Library How faculty can play a key role in fostering critical thinking among students. http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/abstract.asp?id=eqm0048 ENC Curriculum Resources: Challenger Center Online. Includes classroom programs and simulations which take place at Challenger Learning Centers http://www.enc.org/resources/records/full/0,,002329,00.shtm Eisenhower National Clearinghouse Teacher resources Provides thousands of web links, professional resources, and information on important topics in education. http://www.enc.org/resources/records/full/0,,008594,00.shtm Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. Subject areas include arts, educational technology, foreign languages, health and safety, language arts, mathematics, physical education, science, social studies and vocational education http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html Grayson H. Walker Teaching Resource Center, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. http://www.utc.edu/Teaching-Resource-Center/critical.html Humboldt State University Library Critical thinking/disinformation on the web. http://library.humboldt.edu/~ccm/crithink.html Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines [journal] From Montclair State University (NJ) http://www.shss.montclair.edu/inquiry/inquiry.html Maryland Community College Consortium for Teaching Reasoning. http://academic.pg.cc.md.us/~wpeirce/MCCCTR Online Resources for Higher Education: University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence http://www.iusb.edu/~ucet/otherlinks.html Polk Community College Information Literacy Resource Page. Evaluating sources of information. http://www.polk.cc.fl.us/It/Library/Infolit/evaluating.html Reason!Able [software for critical thinking] http://www.goreason.com Requirements for the Master of Education concentration in critical thinking: Montclair State University (NJ). http://www.montclair.edu/pages/gradschool/betatest/EdFoundations/edreq1.htm Roger Williams University CIC Workshop: using the World Wide Web to enhance student learning. On technology in education. http://library.rwu.edu/cicweb.html Secondary School Educators Critical Thinking Skills Links to general information about critical thinking, evaluation of WWW sites and general information, CT in writing, teaching materials, and sample lesson plans. http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/criticalthinking/ Secondary School Educators Critical Thinking: General Information Links to useful tools and articles for incorporating CT into the curriculum. http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/ctgeninfo/index.htm Secondary School Educators Critical Thinking: Teaching Materials "How-to" resources, includes bibliography http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/ctmaterials/index.htm Teacher's Advocate: Explore links organized into categories for each academic subject plus find special units for wildlife and creative and critical thinking. http://www.angelfire.com/tx/teachersfriend/index.html Teaching Effectiveness Program at the University of Oregon; with references and abstracts on teaching critical thinking. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~tep/library/crit_think.html Teaching Thinking Network of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development http://www.usd.edu/thinking TWIST: Teaching With Innovation and Style. A University of Iowa libraries program providing support and training to faculty and librarians integrating information resources into the academic curriculum. twist.lib.uiowa.edu/ UEN.ORG Choose "search curriculum" for lesson plans. http://www.uen.org/ University of Maryland Baltimore County IPCT: Interpersonal Computing and Technology: an Electronic Journal for the 21st Century. http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~ipct-j/ Welcome to the critical thinking community, Palo Alto College. http://lonestar.texas.net/~mseifert/crit4.html WWW links to resources for teaching reasoning and critical thinking Compiled by William Peirce, Prince George's Community College. http://academic.pg.cc.md.us/~wpeirce/MCCCTR/links~1.html Centers, Consortia, Projects Anne Arundel Community College Center for Advancement of Learning and Technology (CALT). Site contains information on traditional teaching, teaching and learning centers, problem-based learning, and lots more. http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt/teaching_section_a.htm Center for Media Literacy. Links to other media literacy sites. http://www.medialit.org/othersites.html Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project, Longview Community College, Missouri Discussions and activities addressing concrete ideas on how to integrate critical thinking into the classroom. http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/ctac.htm Critical Thinking Consortium; a part of CriticalThinking.org. A derivative of Sonoma State University's Center for Critical Thinking. Lists events, resources, and materials for primary and secondary classes. http://www.sonoma.edu/Cthink/ http://www.criticalthinking.org Family Literacy Center, Parenting Children Together Online. Guidelines for children's writers to submit materials for presentation on the WWW. http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/fl/pcto/wg.html Ohio Center for Critical Thinking (OCCTI) http://www.acorn.net/lists-ht/occti.html TALESSI Project: promoting active learning for interdisciplinary, values awareness, and critical thinking in environmental higher education. http://www.gre.ac.uk/~bj61/talessi/paper2.htm ListServes Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking PhACT presents a member message board, an events calendar, FAQs, a newsletter, and links to related information. http://www.phact.org/phact/ Subscribe to the Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum email discussion list by contacting Nancy King at nseeking@tvi.cc.nm.us THINK-L lets you talk and listen to others about critical thinking. majordomo@lists.umsl.edu http://www.umsl.edu/%7Eklein/Subscribe.html In Print - Broad-Based Fredericks,A.D. Science adventures with children's literature: a thematic approach. Englewood, CO, Teacher Ideas Press/Libraries Unlimited. Critical thinking in the classroom. http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/bks/ct.html Gutknecht, B.A. and Gutknecht, C.D. (1997) "Challenging At-Risk/Resilient learners: Alternatives to minimal level literacy instruction " Reading Improvement; Spr. 34(1):8-21 Presents perspectives on instruction and explores the current curricular focus on critical/creative approaches. MacKnight, C.B. "Teaching critical thinking through online discussions". EDUCAUSE Quarterly 2000:4 Using online discussion and presentation tools to encourage intellectual growth and the development of critical thinking skills. Mayer, R. and Goodchild F. (1995) The critical thinker. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Brown & Benchmark. Smith, C.B. A commitment to critical thinking. ISBN: 0-9638556-0-X http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/bks/commit.html Vale Press: "Critical thinking specialists" http://www.valepress.com