Exploring a variety of ways to train students to think critically within the context of writing and literature classes, this journal issue presents cognitive strategies for teaching poetry, short stories, composition, the research paper, and critical reading. The titles of the articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Constructing the Critical View" (Randall Stiffler); (2) "Bringing the Burger to Saigon" (Sue Howell); (3) "Listing and Clustering: A Strategy for Teaching Categorizing" (Gerald Grunska); (4) "Using Original Surveys to Promote Thinking in Library Research Projects" (Leigh Henson); (5) "Cognitive Strategies to Use with Basic Writers" (Sallyanne H. Fitzgerald); (6) "Two Strategies for Combining Thinking and Writing" (Lucille C. Bruch); (7) "Teaching Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum: Notes from a Traveling Writing Teacher" (Dora Tippens); (8) "Teaching the Critical Analysis" (Marsha C. Bryant); (9) "The Logic in Mystery" (Jay Fox and Mike Rusniak); (10) "Verbalizing Nonverbal Knowledge" (Deborah H. Pickering); (11) "Sensitizing Students to Nonverbal Language" (Patrick L. McKiernan); and (12) "A Critical Pursuit of Cues: Introducing Semiotics" (James Fulcher). (HTH)