Online Resources for Faculty
Resources to help you help your students
Online Resources
Critical thinking
- Critical Thinking Module (Open Courseware from Critical Thinking Web - Hong Kong)
- Teaching Reasoning (Maryland Community College)
Designing a Writing Assignment
ESL
- CCCC Statement on Second Language Writing and Writers
- National Center for ESL Literacy Education
- English as a Second Language
Plagiarism
- Plagiarism Tutorial "How to Recognize Plagiarism" ( Indiana University, Bloomington)
- UNO's Plagiarism Statement ("Ethical Use of Print and Online Sources") developed by UNO's Writing Across the Curriculum for use in syllabi
What is Critical Thinking?
Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally.
It includes the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking. Someone with critical thinking skills is able to do the following:
- Understand the logical connections between ideas
- Identify, construct and evaluate arguments
- Detect inconsistencies and common mistakes in reasoning
- Solve problems systematically
- Identify the relevance and importance of ideas
- Reflect on the justification of one's own beliefs and values
Contact Us
- The Writing Center: unowritingcenter@unomaha.edu
- Phone: 402.554.2946
- Arts & Sciences Hall | 150
- University of Nebraska Omaha Omaha, NE 68182
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