Critical Thinking Links from Text

Learning Style Inventories http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/ilsweb.html Fill out this questionnaire, submit responses and receive feedback. This site can be used to help confirm your learning style preference. http://www.chelt.ac.uk/gdn/discuss/kolb1.htm Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (for faculty) http://www.ntlf.com/html/pi/9511/article1.htm McKeachie's article on learning styles (for faculty) http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/LS-Prism.htm Matters of Learning Styles (for Faculty) http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/Secondtier.html Learning Styles in Science http://cyg.net/~jblackmo/diglib/styl-a.html Learning Styles and Pedagogy (for faculty) Concentration http://www.loyola.edu/studycenter/studyskills.html Provides general study skills information, including concentration and learning styles. http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/humanities/english/memcon.htm Provides quick information on memory and concentration strategies. Good for review purposes. http://www.k-state.edu/counseling/concentr.html Offers explanation and practice of concentration strategies including the spider technique. http://adulted.about.com/library/weekly/aa091601a.htm Study Time! How to Make the Most of It http://www.ipfw.edu/casa/txtr.html Pre-Reading Tips Test Taking Strategies www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/help/testskil.html Test Taking Skills -- Essay Questions http://www.glencoe.com/ps/peak/studyskills/pitfalls/pitfalls.html Study and Test Taking Skills for Peak Performance http://www.cs.gasou.edu/student/test10.html The Ten Commandments for Taking a Test http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/tests.htm The Basics of Effective Test Taking Vocabulary Enhancement http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/vocabulary.htm Building a Better Vocabulary http://www.smsu.edu/studyskills/new/vocabulary.html Tips for a Greater Vocabulary Memory http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html Strategies for Improving Concentration and Memory http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/mem.html Memory Principles http://www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/help/remread.html Remembering What You Read Mnemonics http://www.wm.edu/OSA/dostud/moresski/memory.htm Improving Your Memory Skills Time Management Tips http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/time-manage.htm Managing Your Reading Time http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/study/time.shtml http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/time_manage.html Time Management Tips http://www.usu.edu/arc/idea_sheets/time.htm Utah State Time Management System http://www.csulb.edu/~tstevens/patsm96.htm Self-Management http://www.mheso.state.mn.us/mPg.cfm?pageID=688 Managing your Time Speed Reading http://www.brainquicken.com/px_project_article.asp Brain Quicken - Speed Reading Technique Will it work for you? http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/suggest.html Suggestions for Improving Reading Speed http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/512.html Brief Suggestions for Increasing Reading Speed http://www.readingsoft.com/quiz.html Speed Reading Quizzes Main Ideas http://gwired.gwu.edu/counsel/counsel.php?id=2140 Top Ten Tips for selecting Main Ideas http://www.ccis.edu/departments/cae/studyskills/mainidea.html Reading for the Main Ideas http://users.dhp.com/~laflemm/reso/mainIdea.htm Main Idea Exercises http://vclass.mtsac.edu:920/readroom/Mainidea.htm Main Idea Exercises http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/topic.html Finding Main Ideas in Paragraphs Finding Details http://vclass.mtsac.edu/amla-51/Supporting%20Details/details.htm Supporting Details Textbook Reading Systems http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/sq3r.html SQ3R -- A Reading System http://www.arc.sbc.edu/sq3r.html Reading Methods http://www.mindtools.com/sq3r.html Mind Tools -- Increasing Your Retention of Written Information Textbook Marking http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html Study Skills Self-Help -- Textbook Marking http://www.psywww.com/mtsite/mindmaps.html Improving Notetaking with Concept Maps (also good for Chapter 11) http://www.hlnd.wnyric.org/diffinstruction/cornell%20note%20taking.htm Cornell Notetaking Method Using Visuals http://www.mindtools.com/mindmaps.html Mind Tools http://www.brazosport.cc.tx.us/~lac/mindmap.htm Mind Mapping http://www.ourtimelines.com/ Create Your Own Family Time Line http://www.lionden.com/using_outlines.htm Using Outlines Arguments http://www.mccallie.org/wrt_ctr/What%20Should%20Students%20Know%20to%20Succeed%20in%20College.doc %20to%20Succeed%20in%20College.doc What Should Students Know to Succeed in College http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/fallacy/ Logical Fallacies http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/ Fallacies http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html Mission Critical -- a full-scale tutorial for critical thinking Advanced Critical Reading http://www.le.ac.uk/castle/resources/mcqman/mcqappc.html Helpful review and practice of Bloom's Taxonomy. http://www.litstudies.com/BloomTaxonomy.htm More on Bloom's Taxonomy Evaluating Websites http://www.google.com/help/features.html Tips on Mastering a Google Search http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm Evaluating Sites http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm Critically Analyzing Information Sources