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Hodge, David C.; Baxter Magolda, Marcia B.; Haynes, Carolyn A. – Liberal Education, 2009
Evidence abounds that, in recent decades, students have typically entered college relying on perspectives they have uncritically accepted from others and are not sufficiently challenged and supported to transition to internal authority during college. Students who have experienced significant challenge, particularly as a result of marginalization,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Student Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Practices
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Finster, David C. – Liberal Education, 1992
The reflective judgment model offers a rich context for analysis of science and science teaching. It provides deeper understanding of the scientific process and its critical thinking and reveals fundamental connections between science and the other liberal arts. Classroom techniques from a college chemistry course illustrate the utility of the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Instruction, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
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Haas, Paul F. – Liberal Education, 1992
College honors programs provide an especially promising context in which to promote reflective judgment by challenging and expanding students' intellectual horizons. However, faculty must carefully assess the different levels of cognitive development among their students, cultivate the skills of reflective judgment accordingly, and understand that…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Critical Thinking, Developmental Stages, Higher Education
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King, Patricia M. – Liberal Education, 1992
A reflective judgment model of adult intellectual development is proposed, for use by college faculty and staff in helping students question their assumptions about knowing and learning and in making more reflective judgments. The model is based on cognitive development theory and has specific implications for the college years. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Development, College Curriculum, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design
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Nevins, Katherine J. – Liberal Education, 1992
A three-year program at Bethel College (Minnesota) has introduced faculty to various models of college student development, including the reflective judgment model of intellectual development, and their instructional applications. Knowledge of student development, now common to faculty and staff, has had a profound impact on teaching, learning,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Faculty Development, Higher Education