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Showing 1 to 20 of 318 for “"thinking skills"”.
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Measuring critical thinking skills and dispositions in undergraduate students
This thesis investigates critical thinking with a particular focus on measurement in undergraduate students. A higher education context was chosen because many regard critical thinking development as a primary goal for third level education. Nine studies, both cross-sectional and longitudinal in …
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The development of critical thinking skills in the sciences
… the introduction of the concept of critical thinking into the curriculum. At the same time, the role and place of the sciences in the curriculum have increasingly been emphasized, the aim being to equip future generations with the skills thought important in taking the country forward. This …
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Defining, Teaching, and Evaluation Critical Thinking Skills in Adult Education
… perceptions of components related to critical thinking, including definitions of critical thinking, instructional methods used for teaching critical thinking, and methods of measuring students' growth in critical thinking. A self-report survey method was used to elicit responses from adult …
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Teaching critical thinking skills to student nurses in clinical settings
… nurse instructors to use in developing critical thinking in student nurses? Many clinical strategies have been discussed in, literature, but only a few have been verified through research as to their usefulness.This study used the qualitative research methodology of multiple case studies. …
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Critical thinking skills in nursing students: Using human patient simulation
… relates to the development of critical thinking knowledge and skill in nursing students. Traditional approaches to educating nursing students have been used in the past to educate nursing students, but newly licensed registered nurses still have difficulty with critical thinking …
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Progression of computational thinking skills demonstrated by App Inventor users
… is to understand how people learn computational thinking concepts while creating mobile applications with App Inventor. In particular, I am interested in the relationship between the development of sophistication in using App Inventor functionality and the development of sophistication in using …
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Critical thinking skills in nursing students progressing through a nursing curriculum
… nursing students in levels of critical thinking skills? What demographic variables are related to critical thinking?Critical thinking was equated with the problem-solving process in the nursing process and defined as the ability to collect and interpret facts, develop problem statements, …
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Perceived use of thinking skills in customer service aspects of banking
… when workers in a business environment used thinking skills, including creative thinking, decision making, and problem solving in a manner that was beneficial and to examine how they perceived they acquired thinking skills. Twenty-seven banking employees from nine branches were interviewed …
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The Impact of Non-Academic Involvement on Higher Order Thinking Skills
… that lead to increased use of higher order thinking skills (Kuh, 1995; Pascarella and Terenzini, 1991; Reason, Terenzini and Domingo, 2007). Although there is extensive literature on learning that occurs in academic settings on college campuses, data on whether students are engaging in …
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Is Adolescence a Critical Period for Learning Thinking Skills? A Case Study Investigating the Development of Formal Thinking Skills in a Short-Term Inquiry-Based Intervention Program
… lack of students who have developed the formal thinking skills that are necessary to obtain scientific literacy. Previous studies have demonstrated that formal thinking skills can be taught to adolescents, however only 25% of incoming college freshman have these necessary skills. There is some …
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Is Adolescence a Critical Period for Learning Thinking Skills? A Case Study Investigating the Development of Formal Thinking Skills in a Short-Term Inquiry-Based Intervention Program
… lack of students who have developed the formal thinking skills that are necessary to obtain scientific literacy. Previous studies have demonstrated that formal thinking skills can be taught to adolescents, however only 25% of incoming college freshman have these necessary skills. There is some …
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The Direct Teaching of Thinking Skills for Improvement of Reading Test Results
… was to address the direct teaching of critical thinking and problem solving skills, and to determine if the process benefited fourth grade students by increasing scores on a reading end-of-book test. Procedures: Two similar, but not randomly selected fourth grade classes, were chosen to take …
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The Direct Teaching of Thinking Skills for Improvement of Reading Comprehension Skills
… traditional reading instruction with specific thinking skills. The study also investigated the effect of I Q and gender on thinking skills and reading comprehension. Procedures: A sample of 257 fifth-grade students were taught regular reading instruction with the experimental Grow receivinq the …
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Peer Led Team Learning in Introductory Biology: Effects on Critical Thinking Skills
… on undergraduate, biology peer leaders' critical thinking skills. This investigation also explored peer leaders' perceptions of their critical thinking skills. A quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test with control group design was used to determine critical thinking gains in PLTL/non-PLTL …
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Critical Thinking Skills as Related to University Students Gender and Academic Discipline.
… recognized the importance of teaching critical thinking skills to all students; however, a shift in educational pedagogy and philosophy has occurred. Through recent legislation the funding of educational institutions that demonstrate competencies and gains from standardized test scores has been …
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Thinking Skills in Young Adult Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Thirty Novels
… project provides teachers a method of teaching thinking skills to students through the use of specific adolescent novels. Thirty novels were selected with an attempt at an even distribution between male and female protagonists, first and third person point of view. A large number of novels were …
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