Tuesday 19 February 2008

Critical thinking for students


Critical Thinking Web is an online resource providing free tutorials on critical thinking, logic, and reasoning. The short tutorials are suitable for independent use by students. Topics include: the nature of critical thinking and how to improve it; analysis of meaning and arguments; basic statistics; and fallacies and biases.

The site offers a downloadable short guide to critical thinking, plus a set of exercises suitable for use in class teaching. Compiled by Dr Joe Lau of the University of Hong Kong & Dr Jonathan Chan of Hong Kong Baptist University, this resource is available in English and both traditional and simplified Chinese. http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/

Source: INTUTE