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Peer reviewedHager, Paul; And Others – Higher Education Research and Development, 1994
A study of 54 first-year engineering students at an Australian university investigated their critical thinking skills as related to 3 kinds of study strategy: surface strategy; deep strategy; and achieving strategy. Results indicated a negative correlation between critical thinking ability and the achieving study strategy. Implications for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
