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Association for Psychological Science: On Critical Thinking
About the author: Jane Halonen received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1980. She is Professor of Psychology at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she has served as Chair of Psychology and Dean of the Behavior Sciences Department. Halonen is past president of the Council for Teachers of Undergraduate Psychology. A fellow of APA's Division 2 (Teaching), she has been active on the Committee of Undergraduate Education, helped design the 1991 APA Conference on Undergraduate Educational Quality, and currently serves as a committee member to develop standards for the teaching of high school psychology.

Foundation for Critical Thinking:
The Center for Critical Thinking and Moral Critique conducts advanced research and disseminates information on critical thinking.
Association for Psychological Science
The Association's mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of human welfare.
American Management Association: Critical Thinking Seminar
Demonstrate clearer and more effective thinking in business. Feeling overwhelmed? What if you could learn a process for thinking to make better decisions and create better solutions? Learn hands-on techniques to generate breakthrough ideas and solve your most pressing problems. In this course, you’ll discover how to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and see others’ viewpoints with clarity.

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
Read this book online.
Ali Almossawi
Author's website.
Alejandro Giraldo
Illustrator's website.

The Lost Art of Making Sense
How often have you found yourself engaged in a senseless argument loaded with irrational logic?
Social media seems especially cursed with a lack of reasoning. Ali Almossawi has decided it's time to teach newcomers the art of critical thinking, in picture form. An abc.net.au podcast.
University of Oxford: Critical Reasoning for Beginners
Are you confident you can reason clearly? Are you able to convince others of your point of view? Are you able to give plausible reasons for believing what you believe? Do you sometimes read arguments in the newspapers, hear them on the television, or in the pub and wish you knew how to confidently evaluate them? In this six-part course, you will learn all about arguments, how to identify them, how to evaluate them, and how not to mistake bad arguments for good.
The Humanist Hour #127: Critical Thinking with Dr. Kevin deLaplante
In this episode, Bo Bennett interviews Kevin deLaplante, philosophy and religious studies professor at Iowa State University. They discuss several aspects of critical thinking, including it is so important in everyday life. Brought to you by the American Humanist Association.
The Engineering Commons: Episode 16, Critical Thinking
Is it possible to accurately perceive the world around us? Are engineers any more or less rational than the general public? Chris and Jeff discuss these issues with Jeff Ellis, an aerospace engineer at NASA, on this episode of The Engineering Commons.
TED Talk: The Moral Bias Behind Your Search Results
Search engines have become our most trusted sources of information and arbiters of truth. But can we ever get an unbiased search result? Swedish author and journalist Andreas Ekström argues that such a thing is a philosophical impossibility. In this thoughtful talk, he calls on us to strengthen the bonds between technology and the humanities, and he reminds us that behind every algorithm is a set of personal beliefs that no code can ever completely eradicate.
TED Talk: Let's Design Social Media That Drives Real Change
Wael Ghonim helped touch off the Arab Spring in his home of Egypt ... by setting up a simple Facebook page. As he reveals, once the revolution spilled onto the streets, it turned from hopeful to messy, then ugly and heartbreaking. And social media followed suit. What was once a place for crowdsourcing, engaging and sharing became a polarized battleground. Ghonim asks: What can we do about online behavior now? How can we use the Internet and social media to create civility and reasoned argument?

Critical Thinking For Students, UNSW
Have you been asked to complete an assignment and one of the criteria is "critical analysis"? Have you received feedback on an assignment that says "little analysis", or "no clear argument", or "too descriptive"?
This guide introduces the idea of critical thinking for university study. Essays, reports, presentations and position papers all require you to show that you not only have researched and understood the topic, but that you have thought deeply about it and can express your thinking in appropriate ways.
Your Logical Fallacy Is
"Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies." A logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning. Logical fallacies are like tricks or illusions of thought, and they're often very sneakily used by politicians and the media to fool people. Don't be fooled! This website has been designed to help you identify and call out dodgy logic wherever it may raise its ugly, incoherent head. Rollover the icons above and click for examples. If you see someone committing a fallacy, link them to it e.g. yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawman

Foundation for Critical Thinking - Sample Assignments
Handbook of Critical Thinking Resources
by Prince George's Community College Faculty Members (2004-2005 the Year of Critical Thinking project.)