Steady encouragement
After each new topic is presented, students answer a few questions about the main ideas. This keeps students focused, actively processing the information and constructing new knowledge.
Presentation and exploration
Eleven chapters offer clear and concise presentation of key concepts. Practice activities guide students through the examination of real-world artifacts and case studies to put the concepts into context and test the limits of the ideas presented.
Study questions
Questions throughout the text encourage close reading and guide students to key information.
Everything you need
Notes on Critical Thinking provides everything you need for an online course including interactive activities, a test bank, and an analytics dashboard. And we can tailor the webtext to match your program’s emphasis, term length, student expectations, and assignment types.
Interactive content
Study questions
Multiple choice and short answer questions on every page guide students to critical information by providing immediate feedback. These low-risk opportunities allow students to reset answers to try again or study for tests.
Investigations
Investigations incorporate videos, journal articles, infographics, audio clips, simulations, and primary sources to help students explore key concepts in greater depth.
Response boards
Students engage each other through discussion boards that only allow students to see the responses of their peers after they've posted their own comment.
Polls
Polls allow students to share their opinions and then view a live pie chart displaying the responses of all class members.
Study tools
Webtext Reader app
Students can access materials and complete assignments offline with our mobile app available for iOS and Android.
Reading tools
Reading tools allow students to click on vocabulary terms for definitions and mark up their own webtext by highlighting and adding notes in the margins.
Read to Me
Our text-to-speech feature instantly creates an audio version of the webtext page to extend the reach of online content.
My Progress
Students can keep track of their own work inside My Progress, which records their scores, time spent, and completion.
The following materials are available for this course:
- Testbank
- Lecture Slides
- Release Notes
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Contributors
Candice Benjes-Small, Head of Research Services, William & Mary Libraries
Emily Ligon, MA
Advisors
Gary Curtis, PhD
Creator of the Fallacy Files
Enoch Hale, PhD
Executive Director of the Institute for Critical & Integrated Thinking
Vicki Vernon Lott, PhD
Huston-Tillotson University
Peer Reviewers
Jennie Smith-Pariola, PhD
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Gigi Derballa, MA
Humanities Chair at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Whitman Bowles, MEd
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Publisher
David Lindrum
Executive Editor
Mary Jane Lindrum
Senior Instruction and Content Specialist
Ashley Bourne-Richardson
Production Coordinator
Georgia Mason
Production Editors
Stephen Clark
Rachel Garzarelli
Natalie Welch
Video Director
Tim Alden Grant
Photo Research & Permissions
Zara Elizabeth Crockett
Rachel Garzarelli
User Interface Design
Sam Korthof
Clint McFarlin