Foundation for Critical Thinking: Books, Conferences and Academic Resources for Educators and Students.

The critical habit of thought, if usual in society, will pervade all its mores, because it is a way of taking up the problems of life. Men educated in it cannot be stampeded by stump orators ... They are slow to believe. They can hold things as possible or probable in all degrees, without certainty and without pain. They can wait for evidence and weigh evidence, uninfluenced by the emphasis or confidence with which assertions are made on one side or the other. They can resist appeals to their dearest prejudices and all kinds of cajolery. Education in the critical faculty is the only education of which it can be truly said that it makes good citizens.

~ William Graham Sumner, Folkways, 1906

[Critical thinking is a] desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and hatred for every kind of imposture.

~ Francis Bacon (1605)

BOOKSTORE: THINKER'S GUIDES

Set of Nineteen Thinker’s Guides The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking: Concepts & Tools The Thinker’s Guide to Analytic Thinking The Miniature Guide to Taking Charge of The Human Mind A Critical Thinker’s Guide to Educational Fads The Thinker’s Guide to The Art of Socratic Questioning The Thinker’s Guide For Students On How to Study & Learn a discipline A Guide for Educators to Critical Thinking Competency Standards A Miniature Guide For Those Who Teach On How to Improve Student Learning The Miniature Guide For Students and Faculty To Scientific Thinking The Miniature Guide on Active & Cooperative Learning The Miniature Guide to The Art of Asking Essential Questions The Thinker’s Guide For Conscientious Citizens on How to Detect Media Bias & Propaganda The Thinker’s Guide to Engineering Reasoning The Thinker’s Guide to Fallacies: The Art of Mental Trickery The Thinker’s Guide to How to Read a Paragraph The Thinker’s Guide to How to Write a Paragraph The Thinker’s Guide to The Nature and Functions of Critical & Creative Thinking Thinker’s Guide to Understanding the Foundations of Ethical Reasoning The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children The International Critical Thinking Reading and Writing Test
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BOOKSTORE: BOOKS

Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional & Personal Life 25 Days to Better Thinking and Better Living Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning & Your Life Life - 2nd Edition Learn the Tools the Best Thinkers Use - Concise Edition Critical Thinking: How to Prepare Students for a Rapidly Changing World Critical Thinking Handbook: K-3 Critical Thinking Handbook: 4th-6th Grades Critical Thinking Handbook: 6-9th Grades Critical Thinking Handbook: High School Think About Fran and Sam Teacher’s Manual for 540M (children’s mini-guide)A Study of Critical Thinking in College Instruction Critical Thinking: Basic Theory and Instructional Structures Handbook Critical Thinking: Instructor’s Manual for 102B Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Critical Thinking in the Curriculum Set of 4 Handbooks (401B,402B,403B,404B) plus Critical Thinking Textbook (100B)The Greensboro Plan: A K-12 Staff Development Model
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BOOKSTORE: VIDEOS and DVDs

How to Teach DVD Series (301DVD-309DVD)How to Teach Students To Seek The Logic of Things (Infer DVD)How to Teach Students to Listen and Read Well (Listen DVD)How to Teach Students to Write Well (Write DVD)How to Teach Students to Assess Their Own Work: The Foundation (Assess DVD)How to Teach Students to Assess Their Own Work: The Tactics (Read DVD)Why Students and Often Teachers Don’t Reason Well (Reason DVD)Why Intellectual Standards? Why Teach for Them? (Prove DVD)Putting it All Together (Judge DVD)How to Devise Assignments and Activities Requiring Reasoning... (Reflect DVD)Socratic Questiong DVD Series ( 331DVD-333DVD & Supplements)Asking Questions That Take Thinking Apart (DVD Video)Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Thinking (VHS Video tape)Asking Questions Based on Systems and Domains (DVD)Assessment Video Series ( DVD 341DVD,342DVD,343DVD)Assessment Series: Introduction to Assessment (DVD)Assessment Series: Assessing Other’s Work (DVD)Assessment Series: Critical Thinking Tests (DVD)Critical Thinking and Mathematical Problem Solving (Math DVD) DVD: Critical Thinking and Human Emotions (Emotions DVD)Greensboro Plan (DVD)Beyond Reason: The Media, Politics, and Public Discourse (VHS Video tape)Learning to Think Well: Quality Control in Teaching (DVD)Motivating Students to Think Critically ( DVD)A Sense of the Past, a Sense of the Present (DVD)Critical Thinking and Intuition in Nursing Practice (DVD)Critical Thinking and the Basic Elements of Thought (VHS video tape)Students Empowered Through Critical Thinking (DVD)21st Century Video Series (6 DVDs)Student Interview (FREE valued at $20)
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BOOKSTORE: INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Elements of Thought Poster Parts of Thinking Poster Parts of Thinking Questions Poster Intellectual Standards Poster Standards Elements Traits Poster Set of Five Posters (551P-555P)Laminated Card Set: Critical Thinking for Education (set of 6)Intellectual Traits Poster Critical Thinking Bookmarks-Pkg of 25 Transparency Masters Packet Fairminded Fran Poster Laminated Card Set: Critical Thinking for Business (set of 4) 202C, 204C, 205C, 206C Laminated Card: 35 Dimensions of Critical Thought Laminated Card: Developing Intellectual Virtues/ Standards, Elements, Traits Laminated Card: Elements of Thought/ Elemental Structures Laminated Card: Intellectual Standards/Evaluating Reasoning Laminated Card: Questions for Socratic Dialogue Laminated Card: Teach for Depth of Understanding/Strategies that Foster Student Engagement Masks of Fran, Sam, Nancy (set of 3)Special Topics Powerpoint CD Three Kinds of Thinkers Poster Wooden Stamp- Intellectual Standards Wooden Stamp-Elements of Thought
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BOOKSTORE: TESTS

The International Critical Thinking Preview Test The Critical Thinking Reading and Writing Test
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BOOKSTORE: HELP DESK

Bookstore Customer Support Order Form for Bookstores Shipping Policy - Domestic and International Paying by Check or Purchase Order Product Return and Event Cancellation Policy International Order Restrictions Message to Educators
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LIBRARY / ARTICLES: ABOUT CRITICAL THINKING

Defining Critical Thinking A Brief History of the Idea of Critical Thinking Critical Societies: Thoughts from the Past Critical Thinking: Basic Questions & Answers Our Concept and Definition of Critical Thinking Quotable Quotes Research in Critical Thinking Sumner’s Definition of Critical Thinking
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LIBRARY / ARTICLES: FUNDAMENTALS OF CRITICAL THINKING

Critical Thinking in Every Domain of Knowledge and Belief Becoming a Critic Of Your Thinking Bertrand Russell on Critical Thinking Critical Thinking Development: A Stage Theory Critical Thinking: Identifying the Targets Distinguishing Between Inert Information, Activated Ignorance, Activated Knowledge Distinguishing Between Inferences and Assumptions Glossary of Critical Thinking Terms Hispanic Outlook Open-minded inquiry The Analysis & Assessment of Thinking The Role of Questions in Teaching, Thinking and Learning Thinking With Concepts Universal Intellectual Standards Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Student Reasoning Valuable Intellectual Traits
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LIBRARY / ARTICLES: DOCUMENTING THE PROBLEM

Intellectual Foundations: The Key Missing Piece in School Restructuring Pseudo Critical Thinking in the Educational Establishment Research Findings and Policy Recommendations Why Students and Teachers Don’t Reason Well
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LIBRARY / ARTICLES: HIGHER EDUCATION INSTRUCTION

An Overview of How to Design Instruction Using Critical Thinking Concepts Recomendations for Departmental Self-Evaluation College-Wide Grading Standards Sample Course: American History: 1600 to 1800 CT Class Syllabus A Sample Assignment Format Syllabus - Psychology I Critical Thinking Class: Grading Policies Critical Thinking Class: Student Understandings Grade Profiles John Stuart Mill: On Instruction, Intellectual Development, and Disciplined Learning Socratic Teaching Structures for Student Self-Assessment
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LIBRARY / ARTICLES: K-12 INSTRUCTION STRATEGIES & SAMPLES

Tactical and Structural Recommendations Teaching Tactics that Encourage Active Learning Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Student Reasoning The Art of Redesigning Instruction Making Critical Thinking Intuitive Remodelled Lessons: K-3 Remodelled Lessons: 4-6 Remodelled Lessons: 6-9 Remodelled Lessons: High School Introduction to Remodelling: Components of Remodels and Their Functions John Stuart Mill: On Instruction, Intellectual Development, and Disciplined Learning Socratic Teaching Strategy List: 35 Dimensions of Critical Thought
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LIBRARY / ARTICLES: FOR STUDENTS

Critical Thinking in Everyday Life: 9 Strategies Developing as Rational Persons: Viewing Our Development in Stages How to Study and Learn (Part One)How to Study and Learn (Part Two)How to Study and Learn (Part Three)How to Study and Learn (Part Four)The Art of Close Reading (Part One)The Art of Close Reading (Part Two)The Art of Close Reading (Part Three)Looking To The Future With a Critical Eye: A Message for High School Graduates Becoming a Critic Of Your Thinking
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LIBRARY / ARTICLES: ISSUES IN CRITICAL THINKING

Ethics Without Indoctrination Accelerating Change Applied Disciplines: A Critical Thinking Model for Engineering Critical Thinking and Emotional Intelligence Critical Thinking, Moral Integrity and Citizenship Diversity: Making Sense of It Through Critical Thinking Global Change: Why C.T. is Essential To the Community College Mission Natural Egocentric Dispositions
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LIBRARY / ARTICLES: THE QUESTIONING MIND

Newton, Darwin, & Einstein The Role of Socratic Questioning in Thinking, Teaching, & Learning The Critical Mind is A Questioning Mind Three Categories of Questions: Crucial Distinctions The Role of Questions in Teaching, Thinking and Learning A History of Freedom of Thought
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CONFERENCE / EVENTS: 28th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CRITICAL THINKING

28th International Conference on Critical Thinking Conference Theme: The Art of Teaching for Intellectual Engagement Conference Sessions (28th Intl. Conference)Preconference Sessions (28th Intl. Conference)Registration Fees (28th Intl. Conference) Visiting UC Berkeley (at the conference)Academic Credit Hotel-Info: Berkeley California
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CONFERENCE / EVENTS: OXFORD ACADEMY

2nd International Academy on Critical Thinking (Oxford 2008)Directions to New College, Oxford
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CONFERENCE / EVENTS: CAMBRIDGE ACADEMY (2009)

The 3rd Annual International Academy on Critical Thinking 2006 Cambridge Academy (archived)
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CONFERENCE / EVENTS: CONFERENCE ARCHIVES

Comments about previous conferences 2005 International Conference (archived)2005 Conference Theme (archived)2005 Preconference (Archived)2006 Annual International Conference (archived)2006 Cambridge Academy (archived)2006 Cambridge Academy Daily Schedule 2006 Cambridge Academy Sessions 2006 Cambridge Academy Theme 2006 International Conference Sessions 2006 International Conference Theme 2006 International Pre-Conference Sessions 2007 Conference on Critical Thinking (Main Page)2007 Conference Theme and sessions 2007 Pre-Conference Workshops About St. John's College Academic Credit Accommodations at St. John's College
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