Use AI without letting it think for you.

ThinkBetter helps you recognize when you're outsourcing too much of your reasoning to AI. It gives you real-time prompts to think for yourself, shows where your reasoning is becoming weaker, and tracks whether your critical-thinking skills improve over time.

No credit card requiredabout 8 minutes

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Reasoning stays yours

A useful pause before AI gives the answer.

ThinkBetter notices when a request hands too much of the reasoning to AI, then replaces the shortcut with a focused prompt that keeps you involved in the work.

Recognize over-reliance in the moment
Prompt for evidence, assumptions, and alternatives
Track whether independent reasoning improves

A student asks AI to write an argument, ThinkBetter recognizes over-reliance, and responds with a guided evidence question

How It Works

A simple, research-backed process to help you think for yourself.

Measure, Protect, Improve: establish a critical-thinking baseline, preserve independent reasoning with guided prompts, and track improvement over time

ThinkBetter in action

See how the reasoning layer changes the conversation.

Compare a direct answer with a guided response, then choose how strongly ThinkBetter should challenge you.

Comparison of a direct AI answer with a ThinkBetter-guided response that asks the student to examine evidence, risks, and both sides

Critical Thinking Level control with Light, Balanced, Deep, and Full Critical settings and example responses

Grounded in research

Built on decades of cognitive science.

The assessment focuses on analysis, logical reasoning, evidence evaluation, alternative explanations, and decisions under uncertainty.

Critical thinking is one of the most important skills for success in college and beyond.
Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity

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