CriticalThinking.org - with 35 Dimensions of Critical Thought, GOOD series of short articles on affective and cognitive strategies, incl such items as listening critically
Critical Thinking and the Development of Innovative Problem Solvers , by Drew, Naval War College, 14 Feb 2005 Integrating critical thinking into officer development requires the shifting of knowledge focused classes to ...
A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis , posted by CIA, March 2009 This primer highlights structured analytic techniques-some widely used in the private sector and academia, ...
The CIA has made this edition [1995] of the compendium available to the public to help shed light on how the Directorate of Intelligence meets the daily challenges of providing timely, accurate, and rigorous analysis to ...
Critical Reasoning for Beginners, by the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford - videos, audios, and slides (can play the audio while viewing the slides, and avoid downloading 600+ Mb videos) In this six-week course ...
A Mini-Guide for Teaching Critical Thinking, by Bean and Markham, Ira C. Eaker College for Professional Development (ECPD), 2008 This guide is designed to provide general information, strategies and a step-by-step process ...
Critical Thinking and Intelligence Analysis , by Moore, National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC) occasional paper no. 14, March 2007 - includes generic and intel-specific discussion, as well as an appendix which is ...
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis , by Heuer, 1999, for CIA -- very good examination of many elements of critical thinking, with examples (PDF version) [from the introduction] Dick Heuer's writings make three fundamental ...
Integrating Critical Thinking in the Curriculum of the Command and General Staff College , by Doyle, CGSC, 2008 The Command and General Staff College endeavors to instill critical thinking as a skill practiced by its ...
Curing Analytic Pathologies: Pathways to Improved Intelligence Analysis , by Cooper, CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence, Dec 2005 The Analytic Pathologies framework yields four insights that are crucial both to ...
UFMCS Red Team Handbook, Apr 2012 Much of the material directly applies to critical thinking and becoming better at it. Each section can almost stand alone, and Section XI ' Structured Analytic Techniques ' has a large ...
Thinking and Writing: Cognitive Science and Intelligence Analysis , by Sinclair, CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence, Feb 2010 revision of 1984 monograph We are, in fact, better at generating problems than at solving ...
Critical Thinking issue of Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin , July-September 2006 This issue of MIPB focuses on the integration of critical thinking and scientific inquiry throughout the military intelligence ...