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Piergiovanni, Polly R. – College Teaching, 2014
A college education is expected to improve students' critical thinking skills. Keeping students active in class--through writing activities and class discussion--has been shown to help students think critically. In this article, creative hands-on activities, which are common in engineering courses, are shown to improve students' critical thinking…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Engineering Education, General Education, College Students
Cisero, Cheryl A. – College Teaching, 2006
This study investigated whether a reflective journal writing assignment would improve students' course performance. A total of 166 students from undergraduate sections of a course taught by the same instructor over three semesters completed the assignment as part of their requirements. Students (N = 317) from five previous semesters of the same…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Writing Assignments, Undergraduate Students, Comparative Analysis