For Instructors

Sample critical thinking assignments:

• Sample AI focused critical thinking writing assignment
• Sample critical thinking assignment template
• Sample reflection activity or discussion activity
• Sample journal prompts designed to minimize or eliminate AI

Sample assignment requiring students to describe their reasoning during the writing process:

• Writing Analysis for Persuasive Essay Assignment
• Writing Analysis for Newsletter Assignment

The attached worksheets walk students through self-analysis -- and reporting out -- of their thought processes/reasoning for various stages of the writing process for two assignments: a persuasive paper and a newsletter article.  Some instructors require students to narrate screencasts addressing these elements while highlighting their written work on the computer screen.