Theory:

These articles will help you understand how students develop abilities to think critically.

• What is Reflective Judgment?
• " How Do We Know? Why Do We Believe? "- by Patricia M. King - describes a sequence of changes in thinking that affects the ways students justify their beliefs and make judgments.
• Reflective Activities
  
• What is Critical Thinking?
• Critical Thinking Key Concepts Chart
• Critical Thinking Questions
• Bloom's Taxonomy
• "A Nudge Is Best: Helping Students Through the Perry Scheme of Intellectual Development" by Robert J. Kloss - William Perry discovered that students often enter college with a view of knowledge that limits their ability to understand complex problems; Robert Kloss describes how he helps his students change the way they think about knowledge and improves their understanding of complex problems.

Strategy:

These articles describe how you can help students develop their own learning strategies.

• What are Learning Styles?
• What Do We Know About Students' Learning and How Do We Know It?
  by K. Patricia Cross, UC Berkeley
  
• How to Teach Research Skills

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