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Peer reviewedNorman, Geoffrey R.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Academic Medicine, 1992
Review of experimental evidence concerning the effectiveness of problem-based learning suggests that the approach may not improve content-free problem solving; may initially reduce learning levels but fosters long-term retention; may enhance transfer of concepts and integration of concepts into clinical problems; enhances intrinsic interest of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Educational Research, Higher Education
Meyers, Chet – 1986
The teaching of critical thinking is discussed, based on the view that methods of teaching critical thinking vary from discipline to discipline. After covering basic concepts related to teaching critical thinking, a framework to examine the process of critical thinking is presented, based on cognitive science and developmental theory, especially…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, College Instruction
