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Direct linkGreene, Jeffrey A.; Cartiff, Brian M.; Duke, Rebekah F. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Epistemic cognition, defined as the ways that people acquire, justify, and use knowledge, has been a prominent area of scholarship in educational psychology for nearly 50 years. Researchers have argued that epistemic cognition is a key predictor of many 21st century learning outcomes including critical thinking, scientific literacy, and historical…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Correlation, Epistemology, Academic Achievement
Download full textPolat, Seyat – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
Critical thinking, along with other skills, is included as a basic skill in the constructive education program that has been in use in Turkey since 2005. Therefore, a large increase has been observed in studies on critical thinking skills since 2005. In this frame, the present study was conducted in order to systematically examine research papers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Critical Thinking, Predictor Variables
Tiruneh, Dawit T.; Verburgh, An; Elen, Jan – Higher Education Studies, 2014
Promoting students' critical thinking (CT) has been an essential goal of higher education. However, despite the various attempts to make CT a primary focus of higher education, there is little agreement regarding the conditions under which instruction could result in greater CT outcomes. In this review, we systematically examined current empirical…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Intervention, Literature Reviews
Do Instructional Interventions Influence College Students' Critical Thinking Skills? A Meta-Analysis
Niu, Lian; Behar-Horenstein, Linda S.; Garvan, Cyndi W. – Educational Research Review, 2013
Promoting students' critical thinking skills is an important task of higher education. Colleges and universities have designed various instructional interventions to enhance students' critical thinking skills. Empirical studies have yielded inconsistent results in terms of the effects of such interventions. This meta-analysis presents a synthesis…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking, Effect Size, Intellectual Disciplines
Peer reviewedBauer, Karen W.; Liang, Qingfeng – Journal of College Student Development, 2003
The relationship between students' gender, personality traits, predicted first-year grades, and quality of effort put forth in academic and personal/social activities with academic achievement and critical thinking was examined. Results show that some personality traits influence the quality of effort expended with academic and personal/social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Critical Thinking, Extracurricular Activities
Balfanz, Robert; McPartland, James; Shaw, Alta – 2002
The push for higher academic standards has resulted in an increase in the numbers of high school students needing extra help. The need for extra help is most pervasive in high-poverty areas and most high school students need extra help not in traditional basic elementary skills but in reading, mathematics, and advanced reasoning skills. Most…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Bound Students, Critical Thinking
