mrs. alline: Directory of Educational Resources on the Web

Georgia Critical Thinking Skills Program.

Teaching Thinking Skills

Critical and Creative Thinking

Bloom's Taxonomy by J. Prado This site contains the levels, example words, products, and example questions.

Bloom's Taxonomy: An Overview from Family Education Network's TeacherVision

Taxonomy of Educational Objectives developed by A. Harrow, adapted by T. Allen

This page provides sample questions.

Learning Skills Program: Bloom's Taxonomy from University of Victoria

This page lists the six levels of the cognitive domain with examples.

Designing and Managing MCQs from University of Cape Town, South Africa

Major Categories in the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives by G. Krumme, University of Washington, Seattle

Question Types Based on Bloom's Taxonomy from University of Colorado

Bloom's Taxonomy from University of Mississippi

Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum by B. Fowler, Longview Community College

Explore the questions associated with each Bloom category.

Critical Thinking from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

This webpage provides an overview of critical thinking.

Critical Thinking on the Web by T. van Gelder at The University of Melbourne

This links page provide connects to lots of teaching and learning resources related to critical thinking.

Free Brainstorming Training from Infinite Innovations Ltd

Learn basic and advanced techniques for brainstorming.

Mission: Critical from San Jose State University

This website provides an advanced look at critical thinking and specifically analysis of arguments and persuasion.

Evaluating Primary Sources from Library of Congress's American Memory

This website does a great job providing an example of using Bloom's Taxonomy for evaluating primary resource materials.

Integrating Critical Thinking Skills Into the Classroom by A. Buchanan

This article defines critical thinking and provides steps for integrating the ideas into the classroom.

The Layered Curriculum approach focuses on increasing levels of complexity. Explore some of the many examples. 

What Is a Thinking Curriculum? by T.F. Fennimore & M.B. Tinzmann, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)

Join the authors in exploring the characteristics of a "thinking curriculum."

Creativity Links by C. Osborne

This page links to great resources on creative thinking.

Creative Problem Solving from Burris Laboratory School, Muncie, IN

This page highlights six steps in creative problem solving.

Creativity Web from C. Cave

This page contains ideas on linking creative thinking to critical thinking and multiple intelligences.

Six Hats of Thinking by S. Labelle

Techniques for Creative Thinking

Edward de Bono's Methods & Concepts of Lateral Thinking

This page provides an overview of deBono's ideas about creativity. Here you can also learn about the Six Thinking Hats.

Introduction to Creative Thinking by R. Harris from VirtualSalt This page compares critical and creative thinking and discusses the myths of creative thinking.

Inventive Thinking Curriculum Model from The United States Patent and Trademark Office

This page provides ideas for invention and creative thinking.

Classic Lateral Thinking Puzzles by P. Sloane and adapted by A. Ottens

A collection of thinking puzzles is found on this page.

Tutorial on Creativity, Brainstorming and Innovation from Infinite Innovations Ltd.

This tutorial provides basic information about creativity, brainstorming, and innovation. It also provides ideas and activities.

Creativity Pool

This is a database of creative and original ideas. Submit your own or check to see if someone else has thought of the same thing.