1. W HAT S TARTS H ERE C HANGES THE W ORLD Critical Thinking: Using Assessment to Improve Student Achievement Linda Neavel Dickens, Ph.D. Director, IAPA Luis Cárcamo-Huechante, Ph.D. Professor, Spanish and Portuguese

2. W HAT S TARTS H ERE C HANGES THE W ORLD How do we define critical thinking?

3. W HAT S TARTS H ERE C HANGES THE W ORLD Critical thinking: intentionally using cognitive skills or strategies that increase the probability of desired outcomes

4. W HAT S TARTS H ERE C HANGES THE W ORLD How can we teach critical thinking?

5. W HAT S TARTS H ERE C HANGES THE W ORLD

8. How can we assess critical thinking?

9. W HAT S TARTS H ERE C HANGES THE W ORLD Reflect the specific context Involve those who are teaching Embed throughout curriculum Relate the thinking and assessment to general, practical life skills Locally-developed Methods

10. W HAT S TARTS H ERE C HANGES THE W ORLD Asking Questions to Support Critical Thinking

11. W HAT S TARTS H ERE C HANGES THE W ORLD Matching Concepts, Outcomes, and Rubrics

12. W HAT S TARTS H ERE C HANGES THE W ORLD 14 fully-searchable modules for teaching critical thinking skills across disciplines http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/criticalthinking/#Start Teacher to Teacher: Critical Thinking in the College Classroom

13. W HAT S TARTS H ERE C HANGES THE W ORLD QUESTIONS ?