University of Nebraska Omaha

The Writing Center

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

Creating Effective Writing Assignments (MIT)
Designing Effective Writing Assignments (UMUC)

ESL

Plagiarism

Plagiarism Tutorial "How to Recognize Plagiarism" ( Indiana University, Bloomington)
UNO's Academic Integrity Policy

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
150 Arts & Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska Omaha Omaha, NE 68182