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Effects of the Group Leadership Promotion Approach on Students' Higher Order Thinking Awareness and Online Interactive Behavioral Patterns in a Blended Learning Environment
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Cheng, Shu-Chen; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Lai, Chiu-Lin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2020
The present study aims to incorporate a group leadership promotion approach into collaborative learning tasks in the hope of developing students' creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, we recruited 59 cross-professional students from a university in northern Taiwan, and…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Leadership, Cooperative Learning, Thinking Skills
Tagging Thinking Types in Asynchronous Discussion Groups: Effects on Critical Thinking
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Schellens, T.; Van Keer, H.; De Wever, B.; Valcke, M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2009
The present study focuses on the use of thinking types as a possible way to structure university students' discourse in asynchronous discussion groups and consequently promote their learning. More specifically, the aim of the study is to determine how requiring students to label their contributions by means of De Bono's (1991) thinking hats…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Identification, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
Investigating Critical Thinking and Knowledge Construction in an Interactive Learning Environment
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Wang, Qiyun; Woo, Huay Lit; Zhao, Jianhua – Interactive Learning Environments, 2009
Critical thinking and knowledge construction have become essential competencies for people in the new information age. In this study, we designed an interactive learning environment involving three forms of interaction: individual reflections, group collaboration and, class discussions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to…
Descriptors: Interaction, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Content Analysis