Resources
Fram Faculty Toolbox
This toolbox is for RIT faculty
(available to staff with permission)
The Fram Faculty Toolbox is a growing collection of practical resources that support applied critical thinking in teaching, learning, and leadership. The Toolbox includes guides, examples, and draft materials designed to be adapted and used flexibly across contexts.
Faculty are invited to join the Fram Toolbox as members—exploring resources, sharing insights or examples, and contributing materials that align with ACT principles, including assignment design and AI, as the collection continues to grow. To explore the Fram Faculty Toolbox and request membership to our new SharePoint page, click HERE.
If you have trouble accessing the toolbox, please click HERE for more detailed instructions or email the RIT Chair at ritframchair@rit.edu.
Teaching Materials and Best Practices
- From canvas to clinic: Med students study art to sharpen critical thinking
- Model Teaching: Columbia Business School faculty are blazing a trail with innovative, AI-based teaching strategies
- Unlock the Power of Critical Thinking: 13 Free and Paid Courses
- The Use Of Case Studies To Enhance Critical Thinking Skills In Students
- "What is Applied Critical Thinking at RIT?" (video) - Powerpoint Slides
- "All the Thinks You'll Think" (PowerPoint)
- Teachers on Teaching: Jennifer Schneider, "All the Thinks You'll Think" (video)
- Teachers on Teaching: Larry Torcello, "The Uses and Abuses of Critical Thinking" (video)
- Teachers on Teaching: Dr. Dina Newman, "Small Changes That Make a Big Difference" (video)
- Summary of Examples of Best Practice Pedagogy Applied Critical Thinking at RIT
- Applied Critical Thinking (ACT) at RIT Dubai (PowerPoint)
- RIT Dubai Critical Thinking Workshop (video)
Articles
- Critical thinking, creative thinking, systems thinking and many
more: A comparative bibliometric analysis of prevalence
and distribution - Critical thinking in higher education: Identifying the pedagogical
practices and modes of engagement - Restoring trust online: what can we learn from cybersecurity's zero trust models?
- Beware of Metacognitive Laziness: Effects of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Learning Motivation, Processes, and Performance
- Restoring trust online: what can we learn from cybersecurity's zero trust models?
- The Socratic Method: Cultivating Critical Thinking Through Dialogue
- UDL and the Why of Learning
- Analyze This: Creating Student Value Through Critical Thinking
- The Components of Critical Thinking
- Non-Linear Thinking
- A Short Guide to building Your Team's Critical Thinking Skills
- Technology as the Basis for Learning: What the UK Can Learn from the US
- The Feynman Technique: The Best Way to Learn Anything
- The top 10 emerging skills for 2022
- Drawing is the Best Way to Learn, Even if You’re No Leonardo da Vinci
- Why We Should Train Workers Like We Train Machine Learning Algorithms
- Statistical Literacy: Thinking critically about statistics
- How to Act Quickly Without Sacrificing Critical Thinking
- How Successful Leaders Think
- The Holy Grail of Critical Thinking
- Think Bubbles and Socrates: Teaching Critical Thinking to Millennials in Public Relations Classes
- Skills for a Changing World - Advancing Quality Learning for Vibrant Societies
- Nurse Education in Practice - Critical thinking, A two-phase framework
- Doctors Getting Pimped
- Developing a Methodology for Teaching and Evaluating Critical Thinking Skills in First-Year Engineering Students
- Adding value to the learning process by online peer review activities - towards the elaboration of a methodology to promote critical thinking in future engineers
- The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s rules for critical thinking offer cognitive fortification against propaganda, pseudoscience, and general falsehood.
- Over 115 Lesson Plans Based on New York Times Articles
- 3 Common Fallacies About Creativity
TEDx Talks and Videos
- Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Engineers by Debbie Sterling
- How to Think, Not What to Think by Jesse Richardson
- How Thinking Works by Dr. Derek Cabrera
- Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
- How Art Can Help You Analyze by Amy E. Herman
- Unnatural Critical Thought as the Driver of Social Change by Steve Joordens
- Working Backward to Solve Problems by Maurice Ashley
- Should I Stay or Should I Switch Doors by Andrew Katz