ANALYTICAL THINKING
Critical and Analytical Thinking
Using critical and analytical thinking may seem daunting at first, but by following a series of clearly defined steps, you can start to use such skills sooner than you may have imagined.
How to think critically and analytically
As a student, you may be asked to think critically or for a critical or analytical analysis. This page explains what this means and how to do it.
Academic Mindsets for Learner Success
Academic Mindsets are four key beliefs which deeply influence our behaviors as learners, and which enable learning success. These mindsets affect our motivation, strategies, and perseverance.
WRITING RESOURCES
Think of these guides as online textbooks. Each guide is designed to help you find information quickly on a given topic.
The Guide to Grammar and Writing
Is sponsored by the Capital Community College and includes information about sentence structure, essays and research paper helpful tips, and grammar. The site also contains quizzes for most of the topics covered.
Handout guides to basic writing structure, reading and critical thinking.
reading RESOURCES
Reading comprehension requires motivation, mental frameworks for holding ideas, concentration and good study techniques. The site offers a variety of suggestions to help you improve your comprehension while reading.
Critical reading is an analytic activity. The reader rereads a text to identify patterns of elements -- information, values, assumptions, and language usage-- throughout the discussion. These elements are tied together in an interpretation, an assertion of an underlying meaning of the text as a whole.