Resources

Rationale Guide:

This free Rationale Guide gives an introduction into critical thinking with Rationale.

Three Tutorials with tons of exercises and model answers

These three tutorials are designed for use in Rationale – accessible too from links in Rationale in the ribbon of the Editor. Preview them here:

• Critical Thinking Exercises 
• Argument Mapping
• Reasoning for Knowledge

(First parts of each tutorial are free, the rest free accessible with a Rationale subscription).

E-book

Critical Thinking, Reasoning and Communicating with Rationale – including a Self-study Guide – available in print here.

Click on image for the contents of the book

 

(First parts of the e-book are free, the rest free accessible with a Rationale Extra subscription; the e-book is not downloadable for an e-book reader).

Free online resources:

• Rationale WIKI
• The Public Maps
• The site Critical Thinking on the Web

Free online courses, using Rationale:

• Course Improving Reasoning
• Course Scientific Writing

Guides for educators, free to download:

• Primary
  • [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=121 linktext=’Educator Guide’ /] (a conceptual framework for using Rationale) 
  • [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=124 linktext=’Primary Educators Supplement’ /] (a practical guide with activities, examples and templates) 
  • [wpfilebase tag=file id=1134 tpl=data-table /] (map samples for primary level users) 

• Secondary
  • [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=121 linktext=’Educator Guide’ /] (a conceptual framework for using Rationale) 
  • [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=126 linktext=’Secondary Educators Supplement’ /] (a practical guide with activities, examples and templates) 
  • [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=127 linktext=’Secondary Map Pack’ /] (map samples across the curriculum for secondary level users) 

For International Schools / International Baccalaureate: see here .

• Tertiary
  • [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=121 linktext=’Educator Guide’ /] (a conceptual framework for using Rationale) 
  • Student exploration
  • College and University resources: for more information about the method Critical Thinking with Rationale, see here, and contact us .

 

 

 

Free Online learning