CRITICAL THINKING RUBRICS
DOMAIN SPECIFIC
Analytical
Paper for a Music Class
Cameron Bennett, Ohio
Wesleyan University
Research Article Critique – Psychology
Sarah Murnen, Kenyon College
Science Essay
Nestor Matthews, Denison University
Short Passage Exegesis
John Rudisill, The College of Wooster
Research
Proposal Assignment for Program Assessment : Senior
Exercise Rubric (Evaluation of a Research Proposal)
Sarah Murnen, Kenyon College
Senior
Capstone Experience
Gary L. Baker, Denison University
Single-Item Rubric
for Physics Program Assessment:
Writing a Critical Thinking Rubric for a Physics Pre/post Test for
Majors
Barbara Andereck, Ohio Wesleyan University
Science Paper Used to Evaluate
Seniors: Assessment
of Biology Senior Exercise Paper 06-07
Chris Gillen, Kenyon College
Theatre and
Dance 369 - Playwriting
Bonnie Milne Gardner, Ohio Wesleyan University
INTERDISCIPLINARY
Interdisciplinary
Research Paper: INTL 200 “Europe
and Immigration”
Gary L. Baker, Denison University
IDPT 110 - College Writing Tutorial
William Macauley, The College of Wooster
Cultural
Area Studies 199 - Theories of Culture
Harry Gamble, The College of Wooster
Botony/Microbiology
233 - Ecology and the Human Future
Laurie Anderson, Ohio Wesleyan University
Botony/Microbiology
125 – Introduction to Microbiology
Laura Tuhela Ruening, Ohio Wesleyan University
Women's
Studies and First Year Seminar
Toni King, Denison University
GENERAL
Generic
Critical Thinking Rubric
Barbara Andereck, Ohio Wesleyan University
Generic Critical Thinking Rubric: Critical
Thinking Assessment Rubric
Nestor Matthews, Denison University
Critical
Thinking Student Generated Writing Rubric
Bill Macauley, The College of
Wooster
Critical
Thinking and Literacy Inventory
Bill Macauley, The College of Wooster
EXAMPLES OF GENERAL CRITICAL THINKING SCORING
RUBRICS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS
Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric,
Academic Press.
http://66.132.144.88/pdf_files/rubric.pdf
General Education Critical Thinking Rubric, Northeastern Illinois
University.
http://www.neiu.edu/~neassess/pdf/CriThinkRoger-long.pdf
The Critical Thinking Rubric, Washington State University.
http://wsuctproject.wsu.edu/ctr.htm
FACULTY NARRATIVES
Rubrics helped me
design a more effective assignment
John Rudisill, The College of Wooster
Rubrics
illuminated the problem-solving process
Barbara Andereck, Ohio Wesleyan
Rubrics helped me design a
more effective course: Incorporating
Critical Thinking and Creativity into a Seminar
Kate Elkins, Kenyon College
Rubrics motivated
curricular change
Chris Gillen, Kenyon College
Rubrics helped me
design a more effective rubric
Nestor Matthews, Denison Univeristy
