(1) Paul, R. and Elder, L. Helping Students Assess Their Thinking. Provides some guidelines helpful to students as they work toward developing their reasoning abilities.

(2) Wolcott and Lynch. (2001) Steps for Better Thinking Rubric. A rubric based on the four steps process.

(3) Wolcott and Lynch, (2001) Questions for Problem Solvers. Provides a list of questions that students can ask themselves to help assess their progress toward the steps of the critical thinking process. Go to introduction and then to Questions for Problem Solvers.

Facione, P. and Facione, N. Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric
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Academic Assessment at Northern Virginia Community College. Information on rubrics and primary trait analysis