Analytical Reasoning Skills in Graduate Study: Perceptions of Faculty in Six Fields.

Powers, Donald E.; Enright, Mary K.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Analytical Reasoning Skills in Graduate Study: Perceptions of Faculty in Six Fields.

Powers, Donald E.; Enright, Mary K.

Journal of Higher Education, v58 n6 p658-82 Nov-Dec 1987

Graduate faculty in six fields of study judged (1) the importance for academic success of various analytical skills; (2) the seriousness of various reasoning errors; and (3) the degree to which "critical incidents" had affected their estimations of students' analytical abilities. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Factor Analysis, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Questionnaires, Surveys, Teacher Attitudes

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Graduate Record Examinations

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