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Critical Thinking Faculty Overview: Ideas for Critical Thinking Assignments

This guide is designed to assist faculty in integrating critical thinking into their class assignments.

Websites with Critical Thinking Assignment Ideas

University of Maryland: Creating Effective Research Assignments
University of Puget Sound: Ideas for Library Related Assignments
Drew University: Designing Assignments to Develop Information Literacy Skills
Gustavus Adolphus College: Suggestions for Assignments
Memorial University of Newfoundland: Ideas for Library/Information Assignments
Sample Assignment Format
A sample assignment format from criticalthinking.org.
Critical Thinking Class: Student Understandings
Student understandings of a critical thinking class from criticalthinking.org.
Recommendations for departmental self-evaluation from criticalthinking.org
How to design instruction using critical thinking concepts from criticalthinking.org