Cover title. "This guide is best used in conjunction with The miniature guide to critical thinking: concepts and tools"--Cover. "Item #550m"--Page 4 of cover.

During lectures ask the class questions to arouse curiosity -- Use study questions -- Give a five minute quiz at the start of each class -- Use charts -- Teach the principles of critical thinking along with the subject matter -- Get students to know each other -- Put students' names on index cards and call on all students, not just volunteers -- Promote independent thinking -- Promote careful listening -- Speak less so that students think more -- Be a model -- Use Socratic questioning -- Promote collaboration -- Try pyramid teaching -- Have students do pre-writing -- Give written assignments that require independent thought -- Have students evaluate each other's work -- Use learning logs -- Organize debates -- Have students write constructive dialogues -- Have students explain their current assignment and its purpose -- Promote student direction -- Have students document their progress -- Break projects down -- Promote discovery -- Promote self-assessment -- Teach for usefulness.