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Critical Thinking Resources

Provided in support of the University of Houston-Clear Lake's Quality Enhancement Plan Topic

Based on the FCT Model

Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Thinking Across the Curriculum by Nosich, G. M.
Pearson, 2012.

Acadamically Adrift

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses
Arum, R., & Roksa, J.
University of Chicago Press, 2011.

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Academically Adrift
Article by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Education, January 18, 2011, with posted comments.

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active learning

constructivism (education)

inquiry-based learning

learning, psychology of

problem solving -- study and teaching

thought and thinking -- study and teaching

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What If?: Building Students' Problem-Solving Skills Through Complex Challenges by Beghetto, R. A.
ASCD, 2018.
Ready-To-Go Instructional Strategies That Build Collaboration, Communication, and Critical Thinking by White, D. M, & Braddy, A. H.
Corwin, 2017.
The Critical Advantage: Developing Critical Thinking Skills in School by Gormley, W. T.
Harvard Education Press, 2017.
Critical and Creative Thinking: A Brief Guide for Teachers by DiYanni, R.
Wiley Blackwell, 2016.
Fixing Instruction: Resolving Major Issues with a Core Body of Knowledge for Critical Instruction by Maiorana, V. P.
Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Now That's a Good Question!: How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning by Francis, E. M.
ASCD, 2016.
Truth or Truthiness: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction by Learning to Think Like a Data Scientist by Wainer, H.
Cambridge University Press, 2016.
What the Best College Teachers Do by Bain, K.
Harvard University Press, 2004.

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Creative Writing for Critical Thinking by Edberg, H.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
The i5 Approach: Lesson Planning That Teaches Thinking and Fosters Innovation by Pollock, J. E., & Hensley, S.
ASCD, 2018. (K-12 education)
Critical Thinking for Marketers: Learn How to Think, Not What to Think by Grapentine, T., Dwight, D., & Soorholtz, D.
Business Expert Press, 2017.
Developing Critical Thinking by Naiditch, F. (Ed.)
Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. (K-12 education, educational psychology)
Critical Thinking in Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis by Probst, B. (Ed.)
Springer, 2015. (social work)
Critical Thinking Tactics for Nurses: Achieving the IOM Competencies
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2015.
Critical Thinking, Thoughtful Writing: A Rhetoric with Readings by Chaffee, J.
Cengage Learning, 2015.
Intellectual Empathy: Critical Thinking for Social Justice
Univ. of Michigan Press, 2015.
New Directions in Assessing Historical Thinking by Ercikan, K., & Seixas, P. (Eds.)
Routledge, 2015.
Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology by Jenkins, S. H.
Oxford University Press, 2015.

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