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Critical Thinking and Subject Specificity: Clarification and Needed Research:
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The claim that critical thinking is subject specific appears, to be of practical importance and theoretical interest as discussed by the authors. But its meaning is unclear, and discussions of its are often confusing and at cross purposes.Abstract:
The claim that critical thinking is subject specific appears, to be of practical importance and theoretical interest. Its meaning is unclear, however, and discussions of its are often confusing and at cross purposes. In an attempt to clarify the topic, Ennis offers a number of distinctions, including a distinction among three versions of subject specificity: domain, epistemological, and conceptual subject specificity. He holds that the first two versions contain valuable insights, but that all three suffer from excessive vagueness of their basic concept (domain, field, and subject, respectively). If the proposed clarification and critique are appropriate, then a number of avenues of research—at both practical and theoretical levels—need to be pursued, some of which are outlined in this essayread more
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Experimental evaluation of the effectiveness of a computer-assisted instructional unit on sustainable agriculture
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A Three-Level Model for Critical Thinking: Critical Alertness, Critical Reflection, and Critical Analysis
Fritz Oser,Horst Biedermann +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the kidney story test is used to measure critical thinking (CT) through a new performance test, where the student has to question, deconstruct, model and rebuild societal problems from a moral, ethos-oriented, political, and religious point of view.
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Faculty Approaches to Assessing Critical Thinking in the Humanities and the Natural and Social Sciences: Implications for General Education.
TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of interviews, focus-group discussions, assessment instruments, and assignment prompts revealed that within general education, faculty assessed critical thinking as faceted using methods and criteria that varied epistemically across disciplines.
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Developing critical being in an undergraduate science course
Anna Wilson,Susan M. Howitt +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that the development of criticality in the three domains of knowledge, self and the world can and should be a goal for undergraduate learning in the sciences and present empirical evidence that this can be facilitated through teaching and learning that places a strong emphasis on the social dimensions of both the exercise and nature of criticalness.
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Effectiveness of Approaches to Stimulate Critical Thinking in Social Work Curricula.
TL;DR: In this article, the development of critical thinking is an essential aim in social work curricula, similar to all higher education programs, and learning environments that effectively stimulate the development critical thinking are recommended.
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