Playlist of Videos Culled from the Web
Critical Thinking
What is Critical Thinking? (10:42)
With amusing references to pop culture, a philosopher distills the key attributes of critical thinking, offers his own best definition, and expounds on why critical thinking should be taught. (10:42)
5 Tips to Improve Your Critical Thinking? (4:30) <br>
This TED.Ed video describes a 5-Step Process for using critical thinking to improve decision-making: Formulate Your Question, Gather Your Information, Apply the Information, Consider the Implications, Explore Other Points of View.
Recommended Reading
- Several Wabash Center Funded Grant Projects on “Critical Thinking”
- One page TTR Teaching Tactic: “Critical Thinking with Sally Student”
- Molly H. Bassett, “Teaching Critical Thinking Without (Much) Writing: Multiple-choice and Metacognition, (Teaching Theology and Religion 19:1 (2016).
- Patricia O’Connell Killen, “Making Thinking Real Enough To Make It Better: Using Posters to Develop Skills for Constructing Discipinary Arguments” (Teaching Theology and religion 5:4 (2002)
- Beth Black, ed., An A to Z of Critical Thinking (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2012)
- John C. Bean, Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom (Jossey-Bass, 1996)