Critical Thinking &
Problem Solving
Skills
Welcome to the Internet School Library
Media Center (ISLMC) Critical Thinking Page which is part of the school library section. This page has general
information, lesson plans and bibliographies to help educators
interested in higher order thinking skills. You can search the ISLMC, use an index or sitemap.
[General Sites [Curriculum/Lesson Plans]
[Bibliography]
General
Sites
National Council for
Excellence in Critical Thinking (NCECT)
Philosophy; discussion of
what critical thinking is.
The
Critical Thinking Consortium
Resources for primary through college
Critical
Thinking Skills
35 dimensions of critical thinking, including affective
and
cognitive; from North Central Regional Educational
Laboratory
Research and Critical
Thinking
Part of the History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12
Teachers.
Concept mapping; web site evaluation; research skills and
tools;
search tools and how to use them; critical thinking and
the
web
Focus on the
Student: Designing Library Instruction for Critical Thinkers
By Debra Jones, Cabrillo College. A learning module
Justthink foundation
A media literacy education organization for teachers,
parents, children.
Concerned with encouraging children to think critically
about the media.
Mission :
Critical
Parts of an argument; basic relations; analysis of
arguments
(deductive & inductive), fallacies and non-rational
persuasion, other common fallacies; from San Jose State
Arizona
Parents for Traditional Education
Parent page; emphasis on higher order thinking skills is
wrong
Teaching Critical Thinking
through Environmental Education
ERIC/SMEAC Environmental Education Digest No. 2
Core
Concepts in Critical Thinking, Part I
History of logic, symbolic vs informal logic (critical
thinking),
glossary, more
Walker
TRC-Critical Thinking
For professional development; definition, characteristics,
strategies
Thinking
Critically about WWW Resources
Provides criteria for evaluating sites; by Esther Grassian,
UCLA
College Library
Evaluating
Web Resources
Resources for evaluating from by Jan Alexander and Marsha
Ann Tate
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Curriculum/Lesson
Plans
This section contains a sample of lesson plans, many of
the from AskEric. For more lesson
plans from AskEric, use the AskEric Lesson Plans,
using appropriate search tersm.
Mission Critical
Interactive tutorial for helping teach critical thinking
skills.
Teaching Ideas
-- Math-Writing and Thinking
Ideas from National Council of Teachers of
English.
Critical
Thinking Strategies K-12 adaptable across the curriculum
Critical
Thinking
Grades 9-12; Literature unit in nonfiction. From AskEric
Assorted
Creative Thinking Activities
From AskEric. Different subject disciplines.
Critical
Thinking Strategies
From AskEric. K-12 adaptable to various disciplines
An
Approach to Teaching Religious Tolerance
From AskEric. Civics, grades 9-12
Problem
Solving - A Part of Everyday Thinking
From AskEric. Interdisciplinary, grades 4-12
Request
Reciprocal Teaching
From AskEric. Interdisciplinary, any level
Fostering
Critical Thinking Skills for Consumer Health Decisions
From AskEric. High school health
Inventions,
Puppets and Commercials
From AskEric. Grade 4 science & language arts; part of unit
on
electricity
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Bibliography
Developing
Critical Thinking Skills - Bibliography
A school media specialist's introductory guide to
developing
critical thinking and inquiry skills using web-based
resources and
activities.
Inquiry :
Critical Thinking Across the Disciples
Publication of Institute for
Critical Thinking, Montclair State Univesity
TalentEd
Annotated Bibliography. Skill Development
Problem solving; critical thinking; etc. professional
bibliography;
from TalentEd,
gifted education
Assessment
Resource Center
Bibliographies on critical thinking, portfolios,
information literacy
writing, testing and other professional topics
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