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Thinking Critically.
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Higbee, Jeanne L.; Dwinell, Patricia L. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1998
States that freshmen college students are not developmentally ready to demonstrate higher-level thinking skills, particularly evaluation. Describes the Perry Scheme of intellectual and ethical development and Chickering's seven vectors of college student development as they assist faculty in comprehending the challenges freshmen face when…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Critical Thinking, Developmental Studies Programs, Evaluative Thinking
Using Lower-Division Development Education Students as Teaching Assistants.
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Jacobs, Walter R. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2002
Reports on author's experiences using lower-division developmental education (DE) students as teaching assistants in developmental social science courses. Includes benefits, such as assisting in students' socialization and dispelling DE stigma, and drawbacks, such as tension created by authoritarian role. Also includes comments made by students…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Sophomores, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education