Critical Thinking Publications of Robert H. Ennis
Books:
Ennis, R. H. (1996) Critical thinking. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Norris, S. P. and Ennis, R. H. (1989). Evaluating critical thinking. Pacific Grove, CA: Midwest Publications.
Ennis, R. H. (1969). Logic in teaching. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Ennis, R. H. (1969). Ordinary logic. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Accepted for Publication:
‘Probably’ (in press). In David Hitchcock and Bart Verheij (Eds.), Arguing on the Toulmin model. Amsterdam: Springer. Pp. 129-146.
Investigating and assessing multiple-choice critical thinking tests. (in press). Jan Sobocan and Leo Groarke (Eds.), Critical Thinking, Education and Assessment. London, Ontario: Althouse Press.
‘Probable’ and ‘Probability’. To appear in Robert Pinto and Hans Hansen (Eds.), Festschrift for J. Anthony Blair and Ralph Johnson.
Published Articles:
Ennis, R. H. (2004). Applying soundness standards to qualified reasoning. Informal Logic, 24, 1, 23-39.
Ennis, R. H. (2003).Critical thinking assessment. In Fasko, Dan (Ed.), Critical thinking and reasoning: Current theories, research, and practice. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton.
Ennis, R. H. (2002). Goals for a critical thinking curriculum and its assessment. In Arthur L. Costa (Ed.), Developing minds (3rd Edition). Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Pp. 44-46.
Ennis, R. H. (2001). Argument appraisal strategy: A comprehensive approach. Informal Logic, 21.2 (2), 97-140.
Ennis, R. H. (1998). Is critical thinking culturally biased? Teaching Philosophy, 21, 1 (March), 15-33.
Ennis, R. H. (1997). Incorporating critical thinking in the curriculum: An introduction to some basic issues. Inquiry, 16 (3), 1-9.
Ennis, R. H. (1996). Critical thinking dispositions: Their nature and assessability. Informal Logic, 18, 2 & 3, 165-182 .
Wheary, J. and Ennis, R. H. (1995). Gender bias in critical thinking: continuing the dialogue. Educational Theory, 45 (2), 213-224.
Ennis, R. H. (1993). Critical thinking assessment. Theory into Practice, 32 (3), 179-186.
Ennis, R. H. (1993). Critical thinking: What is it? In Henry A. Alexander (Ed.), Philosophy of education 1992. Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society. Pp. 76-80.
Ennis, R. H. (1992). John McPeck's Teaching critical thinking. Educational Studies, 23 (4), 462-472.
Ennis, R. H. (1992). Conflicting views on teaching critical reasoning. In Richard A. Talaska (Ed.), Critical reasoning in contemporary culture. Albany: State :University of New York Press. Pp. 5-27. (Note: This item is a revised version of the 1989 paper, Critical thinking and subject specificity: Clarification and needed research.)
Ennis, R. H. (1992). Assessing higher order thinking for accountability. In J. W. Keefe & H. J. Walberg (Eds.), Teaching for Thinking. Reston, VA: National Association of Secondary School Principals. Pp. 73-91.
Ennis, R.H. (1992). The degree to which critical thinking is subject specific: Clarification and needed research. In S.P. Norris (Ed.), The generalizability of critical thinking: Multiple perspectives on an educational ideal. New York: Teachers College Press. Pp. 21-37. (Note: This is a revised version of the 1989 paper, Critical thinking and subject specificity: Clarification and needed research.)
Ennis, R.H. (1991). Critical thinking: A streamlined conception. Teaching Philosophy, 14 (1), 5-25.
Ennis, R.H. (1991). The State of Illinois goals and sample learning objectives for scientific thinking and methods: Strengths, weaknesses and suggestions. Spectrum, 17 (1), 10-16.
Ennis, R.H. (1991). An elaboration of a cardinal goal of science instruction: Scientific thinking. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 23 (1), 31-45.
Ennis, R.H. (1991). Critical thinking tests. In A. Costa (Ed.), Developing minds. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Pp. 368-369.
Kennedy, M, Fisher, M.B. & Ennis, R.H. (1991). Critical thinking: Literature review and needed research. In L. Idol and B.F. Jones (Eds.), Educational values and cognitive instruction: Implications for reform. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Pp. 11-40.
Ennis, R.H. (1990). The extent to which critical thinking is subject specific: further clarification, Educational Researcher, 19 (4), 13-16.
Ennis, R.H. & Norris, S.P. (1990). Critical thinking assessment: Status, issues, needs." In Sue M. Legg and James Algina (Eds.), Cognitive assessment of language and math outcomes. Norwood, NJ: Ablex. Pp. 1-42.
Ennis, R.H. (1990). The rationality of rationality: Why think critically? In Ralph Page (Ed.), Philosophy of education 1989. Bloomington, IL: Philosophy of Education Society, 1990. Pp. 402-405.
Ennis, R.H. (1989). Critical thinking and subject specificity: Clarification and needed research. Educational Researcher, 18 (3), 4-10.
Ennis, R.H. (1987). A taxonomy of critical thinking dispositions and abilities. In J. Baron & R. Sternberg (Eds.), Teaching thinking skills: Theory and practice. New York: W.H. Freeman. Pp. 9-26.
Fischer, J. M. and Ennis, R. H. (1986). Causation and liability. Philosophy and Public Affairs, 15 (1), 33-40.
Ennis, R.H. (1985). A logical basis for measuring critical thinking skills. Educational Leadership, 43 (2), 44-48.
Ennis, R.H. (1985). Critical thinking and the curriculum. National Forum, 65, 28-31.
Ennis, R.H. (1985). Quality and creativity. In E. Robertson (Ed.), Philosophy of education, 1984 (pp. 323-328). Bloomington, IL: Philosophy of Education Society.
Sutton, R. & Ennis, R. H. (1985). Logical operations in the classroom. In Husen, T. and Postlethwaite, T. N. (Eds.), International encyclopedia of education: Research and studies. Oxford: Pergamon Press. Pp. 3129-3139.
Ennis, R.H. (1984). Problems in testing informal logic, critical thinking, reasoning ability. Informal Logic , 6, 3-9.
Ennis, R.H. (1982). Identifying implicit assumptions. Synthese, 51, 61-86.
Ennis, R.H. (1982). A third paradigm: The what-would-count-as-evidence approach. In S. Modgil & C. Modgil (Eds.), Jean Piaget: Consensus and controversy. London: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Pp. 154-156.
Ennis, R.H. (1982). Abandon causality? Educational Researcher, 11 (7), 25-27.
Ennis, R. H. (1982). Mackie's singular causality and linked overdetermination. In Asquith, Peter D. & Nickles, Thomas (Eds.), PSA 1982. East Lansing MI: Philosophy of Science Association. Pp. 55-64.
Ennis, R.H. (1981). A conception of deductive logic competence. Teaching Philosophy, 4, 337-385.
Ennis, R. H. (1980). Presidential address: A conception of rational thinking. In Jerrold Coombs (Ed.), Philosophy of education 1979. Bloomington, IL: Philosophy of Education Society. Pp. 1-30.
Tomko, T.N. and Ennis, R.H. (1980). Evaluation of informal logic competence. In J. A. Blair & R. Johnson (Eds.), Informal logic: The first international symposium. Inverness, CA: Edgepress. Pp. 113-144.
Ennis, R.H. (1979). Research in philosophy of science and science education. In P. Asquith & H. Kyburg (Eds.), Current research in philosophy of science. East Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science Association. Pp. 138-170.
Ennis, R.H. (1978). Description, explanation, and circularity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1, 184-185.
Ennis, R.H. (1976). An alternative to Piaget's conceptualization of logical competence. Child Development, 47, 903-919.
Ennis, R.H. (1975). Children's ability to handle Piaget's propositional logic: A conceptual critique. Review of Educational Research, 45, 1-41.
Ennis, R.H. (1974). The believability of people. Educational Forum, 38, 347-354.
Ennis, R.H. (1974). Definition in science teaching. Instructional Science, 3, 285-298.
Ennis, R.H. (1973). On causality. Educational Researcher, 2 (6), 4-11.
Ennis, R.H. (1971). Conditional logic and primary school children: A developmental study. Interchange, 2, 126-132.
Ennis, R.H. (1968). Enumerative induction and best explanation. The Journal of Philosophy, 65, 523-530.
Ennis, R.H. (1967). Readiness to master a principle. In B.P. Komisar & C.J.B. Macmillan (Eds.), Psychological concepts in education. Chicago: Rand McNally and Company. Pp. 51-59.
Ennis, R.H. (1964). Operational definitions. American Educational Research Journal, 1, 183-201. (Reprinted in L.I. Krimerman (Ed.), (1969), The nature and scope of social science: A critical anthology. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. Pp. 431-444. (Title as reprinted: Operationism can and should be divorced from covering law assumptions.)
Ennis, R.H. (1963). Needed: Research in critical thinking. Educational Leadership, 21 (1), 17-20, 39.
Ennis, R.H. (1962). A concept of critical thinking. Harvard Educational Review, 32, 81-111.
Ennis, R.H. (1961). Assumption-finding. In B.O. Smith & R.H. Ennis (Eds.), Language and concepts in education. Chicago: Rand McNally and Company . Pp. 161-178.
Ennis, R.H. (1958). An appraisal of the Watson-Glaser critical thinking appraisal. Journal of Educational Research, 52, 155-158.
Ennis, R. H. (1956). Critical thinking: More on its motivation. Progressive Education, May, 1956, 75-78.
Tests:
Ennis, R.H. and Millman, J. (1985). Cornell critical thinking test, level X. Pacific Grove, CA: Midwest Publications.
Ennis, R.H. and Millman, J. (1985). Cornell critical thinking test, level Z. Pacific Grove, CA: Midwest Publications.
Ennis, R.H. and Weir, E. (1985). The Ennis-Weir critical thinking essay test. Pacific Grove, CA: Midwest Publications.
In Process:
Situational Test Validity
Cornell critical thinking test, Level WJX (written justification version).
Essays in Critical Thinking.