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1. Discriminate between issue of belief/opinion, empirical truth and logic
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2. Evaluate credibility of sources of information and opinion
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3. Recognize misleading uses of language
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4. Construct deductive and inductive arguments
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5. Identify valid and invalid arguments, including fallacies of deduction and induction
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6. Understand analogical models and explanations
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7. Construct analogical models and explanations
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8. Assess common types of statistical information, generalizations, and reasoning
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Critical Thinking
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/faculty/pedagogies/thinking.shtml
Dartmouth Writing Program explains their process for the development of critical thinking through writing.
http://wsuctproject.wsu.edu/ctr.htm
Washington State University ’s Critical Thinking Project provides a critical thinking rubric which can be used as a diagnostic tool for evaluating teaching practices as well as testing student outcomes.
http://www.criticalthinking.org/resources/TRK12-tactics-encourage-learning.shtml
The Foundation for Critical Thinking provides a list of strategies to encourage active learning and critical thinking
. Please send questions, suggestions or comments to Sharmila Pixy Ferris, Director of 
