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CRITICAL THINKING

A Bibliography of Materials in the College of DuPage Library

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Books

PE 1431 .C75 2002
General
Barnet, Sylvan and Hugo Bedau, eds.
Critical thinking, reading, and writing: a brief guide to argument.
Boson : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2002.

PE1404 .B585 1992.
General.
Bizzell, Patricia.
Academic discourse and critical consciousness
Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1992.

Introduction -- The ethos of academic discourse -- Thomas Kuhn, scientism, and English studies -- "Inherent" ideology, "universal" history, "empirical" evidence, and "context-free" writing : some problems in E.D. Hirsch's The philosophy of composition / coauthored with Bruce Herzberg -- Cognition, convention, and certainty : what we need to know about writing - College composition : initiation into the academic discourse community -- Academic discourse and critical consciousness : an application of Paulo Freire -- William Perry and liberal education -- What happens when basic writers come to college? -- Composing processes : an overview --
Foundationalism and anti-foundationalism in composition studies -- What is a discourse community? -- Arguing about literacy -- Beyond anti- foundationalism to rhetorical authority : problems defining "cultural literacy".

LB2395.35 .D54 1998.
General.
Diestler, Sherry.
Becoming a critical thinker : a user-friendly manual
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1998.

LB2331 .B677 1995.
General.
Brookfield, Stephen.
Becoming a critically reflective teacher
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c1995.

What it means to be a critically reflective teacher -- Becoming critically reflective : a process of learning and change -- Learning to know ourselves: the value of autobiography -- Surprised by the familiar : what autobiographies reveal -- Seeing ourselves through our students' eyes -- Understanding classroom dynamics : the critical incident questionnaire -- Holding critical conversations about teaching -- Solving problems collaboratively : the good practices audit -- Storming the citadel : reading theory critically -- Using the literature of critical reflection -- Negotiating the risks of critical reflection -- Creating a culture of reflection.

LB1590.3 .B369 1992.
General.
Barry, Vincent E.
The critical edge : critical thinking for reading and writing / Vincent E. Barry.
Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, c1992.

PE1417 .W557 1991.
General.
Winterowd, W. Ross.
The critical reader, thinker, and writer / W. Ross Winterowd, Geoffrey R. Winterowd.
Mountain View. Calif. : Mayfield Pub. Co., c1992.

BC177 .C4 1996.
General.
Cederblom, J. B.
Critical reasoning : understanding and criticizing arguments and theories / Jerry Cederblom, David W. Paulsen.
Belmont : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1996.

LB2395.35 .C75 1992.
General.
Critical thinking : a collection of readings / David J. Stroup, Robert D. Allen.
Dubuque, IA : Wm. C. Brown Publishers, c1992.

B809.2 .B69 2002.
General.
Bowell, Tracy, 1965-
Critical thinking : a concise guide / Tracy Bowell and Gary Kemp.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

PE1127.P6 S68 1998.
General.
Sotiriou, Peter Elias.
Critical thinking and popular culture : reading and writing the American experience
Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1998.

BF441 .S625 1998.
General.
Smith, Donald E. P.
Critical thinking : building the basics / Donald E.P. Smith, Glenn M. Knudsvig, Timothy L. Walter.
Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1998.

BF441 .P37 1993.
General.
Paul, Richard W.
Critical thinking : how to prepare students for a rapidly changing world / Richard W. Paul; edited by Jane Willsen & A.J.A. Binker.
Santa Rosa, Ca. : Foundation for Critical Thinking, 1993.

PE1431 .C75 2002.
General.
Critical thinking, reading, and writing : a brief guide to argument / [edited by] Sylvan Barnet, Hugo Bedau.
Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2002.

B809.2 .P38 2001.
General.
Paul, Richard.
Critical thinking : tools for taking charge of your learning and your life / Richard Paul, Linda Elder.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2001.

BF441 .P38 1993.
General.
Paul, Richard.
Critical thinking : what every person needs to survive in a rapidly changing world / Richard W. Paul ; edited by Jane Willsen and A.J.A. Binker.
Santa Rosa, CA : Foundation for Critical Thinking, 1993.

PE1449 .N495 2001.
General.
Nist, Sherrie L. (Sherrie Lee), 1946-
Developing vocabulary for college thinking / Sherrie L. Nist, Michele L. Simpson.
Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2001.

PE1404 .B35 1996.
General.
Bean, John C.
Engaging ideas : the professor's guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom / John C. Bean ; foreword by Maryellen Weimer.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c1996.

Using writing to promote thinking -- Understanding connections between thinking and writing -- Designing problem-based assignments -- Coaching students as learners, thinkers, and writers -- Reading, commenting on, and grading student writing.

ZA4201 .J66 1998.
General.
Jones, Debra.
Exploring the Internet using critical thinking skills : a self-paced workbook for learning to effectively use the Internet and evaluate online information
New York : Neal-Schuman, c1998.

BF441 .G42 1992.
General.
The Generalizability of critical thinking : multiple perspectives on an educational ideal / edited by Stephen P. Norris.
New York : Teachers College Press, 1992.

Introduction : The generalizability question / Stephen P. Norris -- The degree to which critical thinking is subject specific : clarification and needed research / Robert H. Ennis -- The problem of defining critical thinking / Ralph H. Johnson -- The role of conceptual access in the transfer of thinking skills / Robert S. Lockhart -- Finding generalizable strategies in scientific theory debates / James Ryan -- Discovery, justification, and the generalizability question / Sharon Bailin -- The generalizability of critical thinking skills, dispositions, and epistemology / Harvey Siegel -- Reasoning by analogy : a general theory / David Hitchcock -- The generalizability of critical thinking : the evaluation of sources / J. Anthony Blair -- The generalizability of self- regulatory thinking strategies / Linda M. Phillips -- Critical thinking for a humane world / Jane Roland Martin -- Critical thinking as critical discourse / David R. Olson and Nandita Babu -- Thoughts on subject specificity / John E. McPeck -- Contextual limits on reasoning and testing for critical thinking -- Charles V. Blatz.

LB1060 .M464 2000.
General.
Mentkowski, Marcia.
Learning that lasts : integrating learning, development, and performance in college and beyond / Marcia Mentkowski and associates.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2000.

Themes and purposes -- Educators' ways of knowing about learning -- Student as learner -- Learner as developing person -- Graduate as performer and contributor -- Integrating domains of growth through transformative learning -- Creating the learning-to-teaching connection -- Integrating theory, research, and practice -- Thinking through a curriculum for learning that lasts -- Rethinking inquiry that improves teaching and learning -- Transforming the college culture toward learning that lasts -- Looking ahead.

LB1050.455 .M35 1993.
General.
Making sense : teaching critical reading across the curriculum / Anne Chapman, editor.
New York : College Entrance Examination Board, c1993.

Z711.2 .J8 1997.
General.
Joyce, Marilyn Z.
Making the writing and research connection with the I-search process : a how-to-do-it manual / by Marilyn Z. Joyce, Julie I. Tallman.
New York : Neal-Schuman, c1997.

PE1404 .H362 2001.
General.
Hardin, Joe Marshall, 1953-
Opening spaces : critical pedagogy and resistance theory in composition
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2001.

LB1060 .J66 1995.
General.
Jones, Elizabeth A.
A plan for validating criteria and measures to monitor progress toward national education goal 5.5 : identifying college graduates' essential skills in writing, speech and listening, and critical thinking : final project report / Elizabeth A. Jones ; with Steven Hoffman ... [et. al.].
University Park, PA : National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, & Assessment, 1995.

LC196 .H66 1994.
General.
Hooks, Bell.
Teaching to transgress : education as the practice of freedom / Bell Hooks.
New York : Routledge, 1994.

LB2343.32 .Y68 2000.
General.
Gardner, John N.
Your college experience : strategies for success / John N. Gardner, A. Jerome Jewler.
Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c2000.

LB2395.3 .P56 2000.
General.
Pirozzi, Richard C.
Critical reading, critical thinking : a contemporary issues approach
New York : Longman, c2000.

NetLibrary.
Beane, James A., 1944-
Curriculum integration [computer file] : designing the core of democratic education
New York : Teachers College Press, c1997.

VIDEOS

HM623 .B4 1997.
Circulation Desk.
Bell Hooks: cultural criticism & transformation.
Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c1997.

Bell Hooks makes a compelling argument for the transformative powers of cultural criticism. She demonstrates how learning to think critically was central to her own self-transformation and how it can play a role in the students' quest for a sense of agency and identity. Includes footage from many films and music videos, and news coverage.

LB1025.3 .H6 1993 no.4.
Circulation Desk.
How to teach students to assess their own work: the foundation / Richard W. Paul ; Center for Critical Thinking & Moral Critique in concert with Sonoma State University.
Santa Rosa, CA : Foundation for Critical Thinking, [1993].

Presenter Richard Paul explains and models specific strategies for teaching awareness of intellectual processes, objects, and standards.

LB1025.3 .H6 1993 no.5.
Circulation Desk.
How to teach students to assess their own work: the tactics / Richard W. Paul ; Center for Critical Thinking & Moral Critique in concert with Sonoma State University.
Santa Rosa, CA : Foundation for Critical Thinking, [1993].

Presenter Richard Paul focuses on teaching for excellence in self- assessment, including specific teaching strategies.

LB1025.3 .H6 1993 no.2.
Circulation Desk.
How to teach students to listen and read well / Richard W. Paul ; Center for Critical Thinking & Moral Critique in concert with Sonoma State University.
Santa Rosa, CA : Foundation for Critical Thinking, [1993].

Presenter Richard W. Paul explains and models how to teach for excellence in listening and reading. He grounds the session in a conception of the logic of listening and reading and demonstrates that logic can be used as a tool for listener and reader self-improvement.

LB1025.3 .H6 1993 no.3.
Circulation Desk.
How to teach students to write well / Richard W. Paul ; Center for Critical Thinking & Moral Critique in concert with Sonoma State University.
Santa Rosa, CA : Foundation for Critical Thinking, [1993].

Presenter Richard W. Paul explains and models how to teach for excellence in analytic writing. He details specific strategies and documents some basic mistakes in writing instruction.

LB1050 .W675 2000.
Circulation Desk.
Workplace reading / produced by Coastal Training Technologies Corp.
Virginia Beach, Va. : Coastal Skills Training, 2000, 1985.

Discusses reading in the workplace from the basics of using a dictionary to critical thinking and deductive reasoning. Also covered are how to recognize the parts of a word: prefix, root and suffix; how to understand paragraphs, topics, and topic sentences; and how to construct spoken and numbered outlines.

Marianne Berger, Reference Librarian
630.942.2338
berger@cdnet.cod.edu

7 February 2003

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