CCT Resources from the ECTL Lending Library

Do you want an introduction to core critical thinking concepts? Are you looking to understand and develop critical and creative thinking in students? Or perhaps you are looking for specific activities you could implement in your classroom? Start with these books, available to check out from the ECTL Lending Library!

 

 
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Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom

This book demonstrates how writing can easily be integrated with other critical thinking activities such as inquiry discussions, simulation games, classroom debates, and interactive lectures. The reward of this book is watching students come to class better prepared, more vested in the questions your course investigates, more apt to study purposefully, and more likely to submit high-quality work. Perfect for higher education faculty and curriculum designers across all disciplines, Engaging Ideas will also earn a place in the libraries of graduate students in higher education.
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Critical and Creative Thinking: A Brief Guide for Teachers

This book reveals ways to develop a capacity to think both critically and creatively in practical and productive ways.

  • Explains why critical and creative thinking complement each other with clear examples
  • Provides a practical toolkit of cognitive techniques for generating and evaluating ideas using both creative and critical thinking
  • Enriches the discussion of creative and critical intersections with brief “inter-chapters” based on the thinking habits of Leonardo da Vinci
  • Offers an overview of current trends in critical and creative thinking, with applications across a spectrum of disciplines

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The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking

This powerful book introduces core critical thinking concepts and principles as an empowering problem-solving framework for every profession, course of study, and indeed every area of life. The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools distills the groundbreaking work of Richard Paul and Linda Elder, targeting how to deconstruct thinking through the elements of reasoning and how to assess the quality of our thinking.
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 Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity

With the prevalence of computer technology and outsourcing, new jobs and fulfilling lives will rely heavily on creativity and innovation. Keith Sawyer draws from his expansive research of the creative journey, exceptional creators, creative abilities, and world-changing innovations to create an accessible, eight-step program to increasing anyone's creative potential. Sawyer reveals the surprising secrets of highly creative people (such as learning to ask better questions when faced with a problem), demonstrates how to come up with better ideas, and explains how to carry those ideas to fruition most effectively.