Assessment at UNCW

Teaching Resources by Learning Goal

Listed below are pedagogical resources, arranged by UNCW Learning Goal. When possible, permanent links have been provided for these resources (to access the full text of journal articles (when available), click on the article title, and then on the "PDF Full Text" icon). For those articles not available as a permanent links in EBSCO Host, permanent links to the catalogue have been provided (click on the journal title to access the library's catalogue information; in many cases full text copies of the article are available to the user through another database as indicated next to the citation of the resource).

Learning Goals

Foundational Knowledge

Please see the "Browse by Department" resources section

Inquiry

Kolkhorst, F.,Mason, C.,DiPasquale, D., Patterson, P., & Buono, M. (2001). An inquiry-based learning model for exercise physiology laboratory courses. Advanced Physiology Education 24, 45-50.
Kroll, B. (1992). Reflective Inquiry in a College English Class. Liberal Education, 78(1): 10-14. [ERIC document number: EJ443183].
Minderhout, V., & Loertscher, J. (2007). Lecture free biochemistry: a process oriented guided inquiry approach. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 35(3): 172-180.
Sampson, V. & Gerbino, F. (2010). Two instructional models that teachers can use to promote and support scientific argumentation in the biology classroom. American Biology Teacher 72(7): 427-431

Information Literacy

Albitz, R. S. (2007). The What and Who of Information Literacy and Critical Thinking in Higher Education, Libraries and the Academy, 7(1), 97-109.
Alsop, J., & Bergart, R. (2007). Aerobics and library instruction-An unexpected fit. College and Undergraduate Libraries, 14(3): 121-126
Presidential Committee on Information Literacy: Final Report, from the Association of College & Research Libraries (part of the American Library Association),1989 white paper
Bean, John C. Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, (1996). Available at the Randall Library (Call #PE1404 .B35 1996), or in CTE Books Collection (2^nd floor Randall Library).
Burkhardt, J. M. (2007). Assessing Library Skills: A First Step to Information Literacy, 7(1), 25-49.
Information Literacy: Teaching, from the Stanford School of Medicine (2011)
Starr, G., & Glaskill, P. (1997). The community study assignment for leisure studies: Integrating information literacy, leisure theory, and critical thinking. Research Strategies, 15(3): 205-216.

Critical Thinking

Adams, D. Critical thinking, the scientific method, and page 25 of Gilbert.
Adams, D. (2003). Teaching critical thinking in a developmental biology course at an American liberal arts college. International Journal of Developmental Biology 47: 145-150.
Albitz, R. S. (2007). The What and Who of Information Literacy and Critical Thinking in Higher Education, Libraries and the Academy, 7(1), 97-109.
Amaya-Anderson, B. (2008). Film in Composition: Developing critical thinking skills through the study of film in first-year composition. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PhD Dissertation.
Writing in Music: Assignments that teach critical thinking, from the Arron-Copland School of Music- Queens College.
Astleitner, H. (2002). Teaching critical thinking online. Journal of Instructional Psychology 29 (2): 53-76.
Baker, P. (1981). Learning sociology and assessing critical thinking. Teaching Sociology 8(3): 325-363.
Beach, D. (2000). Constructing Composition and Critical Thinking. Washington DC: Reading, English, and Communication Clearinghouse. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED445341)
Bean, John C. Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, (1996). Available at the Randall Library (Call #PE1404 .B35 1996), or in CTE Books Collection (2^nd floor Randall Library)
Berkson, J. (2003). Advocacy, critical thinking, and the classroom. Fisheries 28(9): 23-26.
Bissonette, Melissa B. (2010). Teaching the monster: Frankenstein and Critical Thinking. College Literature 37(3): 106-120.
Brown, H. & J.Sorrell. (1993). Use of Clinical Journals to Enhance Critical Thinking Nurse Educator, 18 (5): 16-19.
Browne, M., & Litwin, J. (1987). Critical thinking in the sociology classroom: Facilitating movement from vague objective to explicit achievement. Teaching Sociology 15(4): 384-391.[ERIC document number: EJ362883].
Instructional Strategies (Critical Thinking and Problem Solving), from the Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts
Chaplin, S. (2007). A model of student success: Coaching students to develop critical thinking skills in introductory biology courses. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 1(2): 1-7.
Chen, W. (2001). Description of an expert teacher's constructivist-oriented teaching: Engaging students' critical thinking in learning creative dance. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 72(4): 366-375.
Chiras, D. (1992). Teaching critical thinking skills in the biology & environmental science classrooms.The American Biology Teacher 54(8): 464-468.
Day, M., Kaidonis, M., & Perrin, R. (2003). Reflexivity in learning critical accounting: Implications for teaching and its research nexus.Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 14(5): 597-614.
Downs, D. (2000). Rethinking Dogma: Teaching CriticalThinking in Freshman Composition. Urbana, IL: Reading, English, and Communication Clearinghouse. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED450377)
Dunn, D., Halonen, J., & Smith, R. (Eds.). (2008). Teaching critical thinking in psychology: A handbook of best practices. Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA. (Available as eBook from Randall Library)
Zakus, D., Malloy, D., & Edwards, A. (2007). Critical and ethical thinking in sport management: Philosophical rationales and examples of methods. Sport Management Review 10(2): 133-158.
Festa, A. (2009). Teaching critical thinking to freshman writers by engaging contemporary artists work. Human architeture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-knowledge. 2(1): 115-136.
Gardin, F. (2010). The "Think-Aloud" method to promote student modeling of expert thinking. Athletic Therapy Today, 15(4): 18-21
Garoian, C. (1988). Teaching critical thinking through art history in high school. Design for Arts in Education, 90(1): 34-39. (ERIC document Reproduction Service No. EJ383073).
Kalman, C. (2002). Developing critical thinking in undergraduate courses: a philosophical approach. Science and Education, 11: 83-94.
Kogut, L. (1996). Critical thinking in general chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education 73(3): 218-221.
Lawson, T. (1999). Assessing psychological critical thinking as a learning outcome for psychology majors. Teaching of Psychology 26: 207-209.[ERIC document number: EJ605777].
Major, W. (1994). Freewriting: A Means of Teaching Critical Thinking to College Freshman.
Mazer, J., Hunt, S., & Kuznekoff, J. H. (2007). Revising General Education: Assessing a Critical Thinking Instructional Model in the Basic Communication Course. The Journal of General Education, 56(3-4), 173-199.
McKee, H. & DeVoss, D. (Eds). (2013). Digital Writing Assessment & Evaluation. Logan, UT: Computers and Composition Digital Press/Utah State University Press.
McInerney, M., & Fink, D. Team-based learning enhances long-term retention and critical thinking in an undergraduate microbial physiology course.
Michelsen, B. (2010). Teaching critical thinking in political science: countering the effects of political ideology.
Moll, M., & Allen, R. (1982). Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Biology. Journal of College Science Teaching 11, 95- 98. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ273175).
Making Learning Real with Problem-Based Case Learning, from Nashville State Technical Community College and WGBH Education Foundation, 2011
Nelson, C. (2008). Teaching evolution (and all of biology) more effectively: Strategies for engagement, critical reasoning, and confronting misconceptions. Integrative and Comparative Biology 48(2): 213-225.
Parker, J. (1999). Thinking Critically about Literature. Teaching in Higher Education, 4(4): 473- 482.
Pogonowki, L. (1989). Critical thinking and music listening. Music Educators Journal 76(1): 35-38.
Popescu, A. & Morgan, J. (2007). Teaching information evaluation and critical thinking skills in physics classes. The Physics Teacher, 45: 507-510.
Pullen-Sansfacon, A. (2010). Virtue ethics for social work: A new pedagogy for practical reasoning. Social Work Education, 29(4): 402-415.
Quitadamo, I., Faiola, C. Johnson, J. Kurtz, M. (2008). Community-bases inquiry improves critical thinking in general education biology. Cell Biology Education 7(3): 327-337.
Reed, J. (1998). Effect of a Model on Critical Thinking on Student Achievement in Primary Source Document Analysis and Interpretation, Argumentative Reasoning, Critical Thinking Dispositions, and History Content in a Community College History Course. PhD dissertation. Univeristy of South Florida.
Saunders, L., & Rossbach. T. (2007). Teaching critical thinking by comparing terran and martian geology. 56th Annual Meeting- Geological Society of America- Southeastern Section. (Abstract only)
Schafersman, S. (1991). An introduction to critical thinking.
Scheild, M. Statistical Literacy: Thinking critically about statistics.
Sharma, M., & Elbow, G. (2000). Using internet primary sources to teach critical thinking skills in geography. Greenwood Press. (Available as eBook from Randall Library)
Starr, G., & Glaskill, P. (1997). The community study assignment for leisure studies: Integrating information literacy, leisure theory, and critical thinking. Research Strategies, 15(3): 205-216.
Swartz, R. (2008). Teaching students how to analyze and evaluate arguments in history. Social Studies 99(5): 208-216.
Terrio, S. (1986). Building critical thinking skills through writing in the foreign language classroom. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED276263)
Thompson, C. (2010). Teaching critical thinking to nurses in a Ugandan hospital. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 22(5): 319-324.
Violet, E. (1940). Developing Critical Thinking through Motion Pictures and Newspapers. The English Journal, 29(4), 301-307.
Walker, S. (2003). Active learning strategies to promote critical thinking. Journal of Athletic Training, 38(3): 263.
Warren, W., Memory, D., & Bolinger, K. (2004). Improving critical thinking skills in the United States survey course: An activity for teaching the Vietnam War. The History Teacher 37(2), 193-209.
Wells, K. (2009). Learning and teaching critical thinking: from a Peircean perspective. Educational Philosophy and Theory 41(2), 201-218.
Zohar, A. & Tamir, P. (1993). Incorporating critical thinking into a regular high school biology curriculum.School Science and Mathematics 93(3): 136-140.

Thoughtful Expression

Writing in Music: Assignments that teach critical thinking, from the Arron-Copland School of Music- Queens College.
Beach, D. (2000). Constructing Composition and Critical Thinking. Washington DC: Reading, English, and Communication Clearinghouse. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED445341)
Bissonette, Melissa B. (2010). Teaching the monster: Frankenstein and Critical Thinking. College Literature 37(3): 106-120.
Downs, D. (2000). Rethinking Dogma: Teaching Critical Thinking in Freshman Composition. Urbana, IL: Reading, English, and Communication Clearinghouse. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED450377)
Green III, C., & Klug, H. (1990). Teaching critical thinking and writing through debates: An experimental evaluation. Teaching Sociology 18(4): 462-471.
Kiniry, M. & Strenski, E. (1985). Sequencing expository Writing: A Recursive Approach. College Composition and Communication 36 (2): 191-202.
Major, W. (1994). Freewriting: A Means of Teaching Critical Thinking to College Freshman.
McCarthy, D., & Bowers, B. (1994). Implementation of writing-to-learn in a program of nursing. Nurse Educator,19(3): 32-5.
Pinkava, B., & Haviland, C. (1984). Teaching writing and thinking skills Nursing Outlook, 32(5): 270-272. [ERIC document number: EJ307986].
Salibrici, M. (1999). Dissonance and Rhetorical Inquiry: A Burkean Model for Critical Reading and Writing. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 42(8): 628-637.
Scott, M. (2000). Student, Critic and Literary Text: A Discussion of Critical Thinking in a Student Essay. Teaching in Higher Education, 5(3): 277-288.
Slattery, P. (1990). Encouraging Critical Thinking: A Strategy of Commenting on College Papers. College Composition and Communication 41: 332-335.

Second Language

Barnes-Karol, G. Teaching literature to the undergraduate foreign language major: A framework for a methods course, from the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages
Davidson, B., & R. Dunham. (1996). Assessing EFL Student Progress in Critical Thinking with the Ennis-Weir Critical Thinking Essay Test, (ERIC Documentation Reproduction Service No. ED403302)
Davis, J. (1992). Reading literature in the foreign language: The comprehension/ response connection.The French Review 65(3): 359-370.
Esplugas, C. & Landwehr, M. (1996). The use of critical thinking skills In literary analysis. Foreign Language Annals, 29: 449-461.
Terrio, S. (1986). Building critical thinking skills through writing in the foreign language classroom. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED276263)

Diversity

Intercultural Communication: a Teaching and Learning Framework, from the Centre for Languages Linguistics & Area Studies, 2002.
Hisako, K. (2000). The Use of Cross-Cultural Studies and Experiences as a Way of Fostering Critical Thinking Dispositions Among College Students. The Journal of General Education, 49(2), 110-131.

Global Citizenship

Hisako, K. (2000). The Use of Cross-Cultural Studies and Experiences as a Way of Fostering Critical Thinking Dispositions Among College Students. The Journal of General Education, 49(2), 110-131.