Fostering critical thinking across the curriculum: Practical, research based strategies for defining objectives, teaching, and assessment

Learning Objectives: By participating actively in this half-day workshop, one can expect to:

• Gain a useful overview of theories and research on intellectual development during the university years

• Understand the typical stages or levels of intellectual development that university students may exhibit

• Learn to use these distinctions to define/refine your teaching/learning objectives,

• Consider practical strategies for promoting and assessing such objectives (including especially the use of structured active learning), and

• Adapt these teaching and assessment strategies to develop critical thinking in your classroom.