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Critical Thinking: General Information
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Brain Teasers
Brain teasers are an excellent way to make students think critically while making full use of any extra time in class.

Critical Thinking Skills
Thirty five dimensions of critical thought are divided into affective strategies, cognitive strategies--macro-abilities and cognitive strategies--micro-abilities.

Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project
Don't miss! Focused on logic, this site provides a wealth of information about the core concepts of critical thinking, establishing the truth of a premise, informal fallacies of reasoning and other topics, such as "How graphs and visual aids can be used to hide the truth.

Five Steps to Better Critical-Thinking, Problem-solving and Decision-making Skills
Don't miss these steps which are brief and to the point.

Guide to Critical Thinking Terms and Concepts
This guide is an excellent resource containing an alphabetical listing of critical thinking terms.

Three Definitions of Critical Thinking
Excellent definitions of varying lengths are listed here.

Universal Intellectual Standards
Clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, and logic are briefly defined. Valuable Intellectual Traits The seven intellectual traits briefly explained here beg to be hung on classroom walls.

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