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Teaching children to become effective thinkers is increasingly recognized as an immediate goal of education.
IF students are to function successfully in a highly technical society, an increasingly complex society - socially and economically, THEN they must be equipped thinking skills necessary to acquire and process information in an ever-changing world.
This means the development of thinking skills becomes a lifelong learning process.
One approach is the development of generic skills such as problem solving, thinking critically, creative thinking and making judgements with sufficient reasons.
These abilities are considered essential for University students to develop, regardless of the discipline area of study (i.e. generic skills).
There was a need to assess a broader range of learning outcomes, which has arisen due to the change in conceptions of the goals of a university education.
One approach is the development of generic skills such as problem solving, thinking critically, creative thinking and making judgements with sufficient reasons.
These abilities are considered essential for University students to develop, regardless of the discipline area of study (i.e. generic skills).
There was a need to assess a broader range of learning outcomes, which has arisen due to the change in conceptions of the goals of a university education.
The ability to reach, articulate, and defend a solution as most reasonable.
The ability to recognize the limitations of a solution and to consider possible re-evaluations as new information becomes available (see also Wolcott,2003)
The ability to reach, articulate, and defend a solution as most reasonable.
The ability to recognize the limitations of a solution and to consider possible re-evaluations as new information becomes available (see also Wolcott,2003)
Critical thinking is not just a random series of characteristics or components.
All of its components –its elements, principles,
IF students are to function successfully in a highly technical society, an increasingly complex society - socially and economically, THEN they must be equipped thinking skills necessary to acquire and process information in an ever-changing world.
This means the development of thinking skills becomes a lifelong learning process.
One approach is the development of generic skills such as problem solving, thinking critically, creative thinking and making judgements with sufficient reasons.
These abilities are considered essential for University students to develop, regardless of the discipline area of study (i.e. generic skills).
There was a need to assess a broader range of learning outcomes, which has arisen due to the change in conceptions of the goals of a university education.
One approach is the development of generic skills such as problem solving, thinking critically, creative thinking and making judgements with sufficient reasons.
These abilities are considered essential for University students to develop, regardless of the discipline area of study (i.e. generic skills).
There was a need to assess a broader range of learning outcomes, which has arisen due to the change in conceptions of the goals of a university education.
The ability to reach, articulate, and defend a solution as most reasonable.
The ability to recognize the limitations of a solution and to consider possible re-evaluations as new information becomes available (see also Wolcott,2003)
The ability to reach, articulate, and defend a solution as most reasonable.
The ability to recognize the limitations of a solution and to consider possible re-evaluations as new information becomes available (see also Wolcott,2003)
Critical thinking is not just a random series of characteristics or components.
All of its components –its elements, principles,