Student Exemplars

Exemplary i2a-related student artifacts demonstrating critical thinking

Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Louisville (2011). Lights, Camera, Ideas to Action 2011 Montage.

• A brief overview of student films created for the 2011 i2a event: Lights, Camera, Ideas to Action

Craft, Mary (2015). A Four Letter Word Blessed Me. From the 2015 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest. [PDF]

• Mary Craft’s winning submission for the 2015 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest

Ford, Lashawn (2015). Competing for the Truman and Fulbright Scholarships: Critical Thinking as the Competitive Edge. Presentation at the 2015 i2a Institute, Louisville, KY. [PDF]

• Lashawn Ford’s presentation at the 2015 i2a Institute, describing how she utilized critical thinking concepts during her Truman and Fulbright Scholarship application process

Fritz, Morgan (2014). I Believe in the Goodness of Mankind. From the 2014 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest.

• Morgan Fritz’ winning submission for the 2014 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest

Gomes, Sydney (2015). The Serendipity of a Smile. From the 2015 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest.[PDF]

• Sydney Gomes’ winning submission for the 2015 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest

Haque, Arsh (2015). From Theory to Practice: Using Critical Thinking to Develop Self-Directed Learners. Presentation at the 2015 i2a Institute, Louisville, KY. [PDF]

• Arsh Haque’s presentation at the 2015 i2a Institute, describing how he utilized the Paul-Elder framework to develop a rubric used by REACH tutors to assess student’s critical thinking skills and guide tutoring appointments

Hutchison, Ronica (2014). The Perfect Union I Seek. From the 2014 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest.

• Ronica Hutchinson’s winning submission for the 2014 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest

Hobbs, Amy (2016). The Significance of Critical Thinking for School, Work, and Life. Presentation at the 2016 i2a Institute, Louisville, KY. [PDF]

• Amy Hobbs' presentation at the 2016 i2a Institute, describing the relevance of critical thinking skills to various aspects of her life

Johnson, Kacy (2014). Critical Thinking in Community Care. Presentation at the 2014 i2a Institute, Louisville, KY. [PDF]

• Kacy Johnson’s presentation at the 2014 i2a Institute, describing how she used the Paul-Elder framework to develop an approach for educating individuals at Hotel Louisville about health issues

Merizalde, Juan (2009). Logic of Science: Physics. Tool developed for use in REACH tutoring services. [PDF]

• Juan Merizalde’s “Elements of Reasoning” table designed for REACH tutors to use in tutoring sessions with Physics students

Moore, Max & Rush, Everett (2012). Trip to the Moon. Video assignment for PHIL 211.

• Max Moore and Everett Rush created this original film in response to their Philosophy 211 critical thinking assignment for instructor Brian Barnes.

Nelson, Amanda (2014). My Golden Rule. From the 2014 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest.

• Amanda Nelson’s winning submission for the 2014 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest

Penaranda, Danna (2015). Leading Learners to Critical Thinking Inch by Inch. Presentation at the 2015 i2a Institute, Louisville, KY. [PDF]

• Danna Penaranda’s presentation at the 2015 i2a Institute in which she describes how critical thinking concepts learned in class were used not only in her academic work but in her personal life as well

Pennington, Sarah (2016). Critical Thinking Requires You to Regularly Update Your Own Position. Presentation at the 2016 i2a Institute, Louisville, KY. [PDF]

• Sarah Pennington’s presentation at the 2016 i2a Institute, demonstrating how critical thinking is a process for forming and reforming opinions

Simmons, Preston (2014). The Detriments of Breathing. From the 2014 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest.

• Preston Simmons’ winning submission for the 2014 Book-in-Common Critical Thinking Essay Contest

Smith, Kimberly (2015). Ali Scholar Program Overview. Curriculum created for the 2015-2017 Ali Scholars of the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of Louisville. [PDF]

• The curriculum developed by Kimberly Smith for the 2015-2017 Ali Scholars, which was designed with the aid of the Paul-Elder critical thinking framework and principles from the field of teaching and learning

Wolf, Katherine (2014). Online Learning...Fact or Fiction? Presentation at the 2014 i2a Institute, Louisville, KY. [PDF]

• Katherine Wolf’s presentation at the 2014 i2a Institute in which she described how critical thinking concepts learned from her online courses applied to her academics and personal life