Critical Thinking: Critical Thinking

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This  guide offers resources for developing critical thinking skills.  You will with find  tips for doing research in this subject area as well as recommended lists of resources.  Click on the tabs at the top of this webpage to navigate among the formats to obtain assistance in locating books, journal articles, videos, websites and more.

Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking in order to improve it. A critical thinker asks questions and defines problems, gathers information to access the questions or problems and  comes to a reasoned conclusion in the spirit of open mindedness.  From The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking: Concepts and Tools by Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda Elder 

•  Glossary of Critical Thinking  Terms    An Educator's Guide to Critical Thinking Terms and Concepts
•  Short video on Critical Thinking.
• The Skeptic's Dictionary
• The Critical Thinking Community
• Argument Diagramming
• A Mini Guide to Critical Thinking  by Joe Lau, Department of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong March 2009