Creating a Critical Thinker

Autor/in	Piergiovanni, Polly R.
Titel	Creating a Critical Thinker
Quelle	In: College Teaching, 62 (2014) 3, S.86-93 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-7555
DOI	10.1080/87567555.2014.896775
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Engineering Education; General Education; College Students; Reflection; Journal Writing; Writing Assignments; Experiential Learning; Likert Scales; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Ingenieurausbildung; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Collegestudent; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Likert-Skala
Abstract	A college education is expected to improve students' critical thinking skills. Keeping students active in class--through writing activities and class discussion--has been shown to help students think critically. In this article, creative hands-on activities, which are common in engineering courses, are shown to improve students' critical thinking skills in a general education course. The activities were sandwiched between pre-writing, reflecting, and writing assignments. Improvements in critical thinking skills were evaluated by comparing student pre-writing with the final paper. Overall, carefully developed hands-on activities increased student critical thinking, especially when students wrote reflections in a journal shortly after completing an activity. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10