Critical Thinking Resources

By Dr. Linda Elder and Dr. Richard Paul, from the Foundation for Critical Thinking.

This is a guide from the University of Michigan that provides an overview of both critical and creative thinking, as well as problems and exercises.

The purpose of this website is to provide a rigorous source of critical thinking information of value to many different communities.

A research guide thoroughly covering critical thinking, from the University of Louisville Library.

Article from the Foundation for Critical Thinking.

Over 100 online tutorials on different aspects of thinking skills. Free and licensed by Creative Commons.

From the Foundation for Critical Thinking.

A good overview of critical thinking from www.criticalreading.com.

Founded in 1983, the Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking (AILACT) is a non-profit scholarly association which aims to promote research into, teaching of, and testing of informal logic and critical thinking.

The Foundation is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote essential change in education and society through the cultivation of fair-minded critical thinking--thinking which embodies intellectual empathy, intellectual humility, intellectual perseverance, intellectual integrity and intellectual responsibility.

ISSA’s main goals—as stated in its Constitution—are: to promote and improve the extent and quality of research in the field of argumentation theory and its application; to facilitate the professional cooperation of its members; to sponsor, organize, or support public and professional meetings in the field of argumentation; to support or produce publications relevant to these objectives; and to support and cooperate with individuals and organizations expressing related interests.

The goal of the NCECT is to articulate, preserve, and foster intellectual standards in critical thinking research, scholarship, and instruction. The NCECT is a creation of the Foundation for Critical Thinking. The council presently consists of about 8,000 leading educators.