PART 1: UNDERSTANDING CRITICAL THINKING

• LEVELS OF THINKING

• SELF UNDERSTANDING

• ELEMENTS OF THOUGHT

PART 2: ABOUT METHODOLOGY

• FORMULATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS

• HYPOTHESIZING

• METHODS OF INQUIRY

• ANALYSIS

PART 3: STANDARDS FOR THINKING

• REASONING & INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS

• UNDERSTANDING CONTENT

• READING, WRITING, SPEAKING, LISTENING & THINKING

PART 4: EVALUATION & PROBLEM SOLVING

• DECISION MAKING

• PROBLEM SOLVING

PART 5: ETHICS & CRITICAL THINKING

• TRUTH & FALLACY

• BIASES & MANIPULATION

PART 6: STRATEGIC THINKING

• BASICS OF STRATEGIC THINKING

• KEY IDEAS TO STRATEGIC THINKING

Course Text Book:

Paul, Richard & Linda Elder; Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life.  Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey. 2006, 2001

Further Readings:

 - Teaching Thinking Skills, 1987, edited by J. B. Baron and R. J. Steinberg
 - Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking, 1985, edited by A.
   L. Costa
 - The Teaching of Thinking, 1985, edited by R. S. Nickerson and others
 - Critical Thinking, Fifth Edition, 1998, by B. N. Moore and Richard Parker
 - Critical Thinking, Second edition, 1990, by John Chaffe.