"Methods of Inquiry": Using Critical Thinking to Retain Students

Autor/inn/en	Ahuna, Kelly H.; Tinnesz, Christine Gray; VanZile-Tamsen, Carol
Titel	"Methods of Inquiry": Using Critical Thinking to Retain Students
Quelle	In: Innovative Higher Education, 36 (2011) 4, S.249-259 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-5627
DOI	10.1007/s10755-010-9173-5
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Critical Thinking; Cognitive Psychology; School Holding Power; Academic Persistence; Higher Education; Academic Achievement; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Kognitive Psychologie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schulleistung
Abstract	In the late 1980s a large northeastern university implemented a critical thinking course for undergraduate students. Combining insights from cognitive psychology and philosophy, this class was designed to give students concrete strategies to promote self-regulated learning and ensure academic success. The analyses in this study are based on university warehouse data for three consecutive entering freshmen cohorts, resulting in a sample of 9,665 students, 1900 of whom had successfully completed the course. Results show these students are more likely to be retained or to exit successfully by the second, third, fourth, and fifth year as compared to those students who do not complete the course. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10