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This guide provides information and resources available to faculty to help improve the critical thinking and information literacy skills of students. This page was created specifically for the Barton School of Business, but many of the links are applicable to all disciplines. If you are interested in improving and assessing the critical thinking skills of students in other departments, please contact the appropriate liaison librarian.

"Preconceptions - Fact - Fanciful - Semantics Lateral thinking problems that are based on fact. 1. A man walks into a bar and asks for a drink of water. The bartender thinks for a minute, pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says, "Thank you," and walks out."

"Our minds set up many traps for us. Unless we're aware of them, these traps can seriously hinder our ability to think rationally, leading us to bad reasoning and making stupid decisions. Features of our minds that are meant to help us may, eventually, get us into trouble. Here are the first 5 of the most harmful of these traps and how to avoid each one of them."

"Online Model for learning the Elements and Standards of Critical Thinking"

Foundation for Critical Thinking CriticalThinkingOrg's YouTube Channel

Includes some nice and short (< 5 min.) videos. There are many other excellent videos on critical thinking on YouTube, including several good ones by students.

"Carol Dweck researches "growth mindset" - the idea that we can grow our brain's capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that's slightly too hard for you to solve. Are you not smart enough to solve it … or have you just not solved it yet? A great introduction to this influential field." Video 10:20 long

"Want to know your learning style? Take the quiz. There are 24 questions, and it will take less than five minutes to complete. Try not to think too hard -- just go with your first thought when describing your daily activities and interests. At the end, you'll find out more about how you learn." Nice inventory based on Gardner's MI. Provides follow-up info to learn more about each type and tips for learning.

Glossary of critical thinking terms

Click "...online model"

Some great resources here!

18 ways ideas for becoming a master student.

How to analyze the logic of an article, essay, and author

"Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of "grit" as a predictor of success." TED Video 6:20 long