Development of a Rubric to Improve Critical Thinking

Ac 2010-1518: Refining a Critical Thinking Rubric for Engineering

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology in 2000 revised accreditation criteria to require program assessment according to eleven outcomes that all require critical thinking skills. Critical thinking can be incorporated into engineering classes in a variety of ways including writing assignments, active learning strategies, project-based design experiences, and course redesign. Cle...

Critical Thinking Rubric for the Department of Biology

Argument Maps Improve Critical Thinking

Computer-based argument mapping greatly enhances student critical thinking, more than tripling absolute gains made by other methods. I describe the method and my experience as an outsider. Argument mapping often showed precisely how students were erring (for example: confusing helping premises for separate reasons), making it much easier for them to fix their errors. I’ve been skeptical about c...

the differential effects of debate and media analysis as relate to enhancing efl learners critical thinking ability and writing performances

critical thinking ability has an important role in education. accordingly, scholars around the world are searching for new ways for teaching and improving students critical thinking ability. in line with the studies in efl contexts supporting the positive relationship between critical thinking and writing performances, this study investigated the differential effects of halverson’s critical thi...

investigating cda tendency and critical thinking abilities of iranian translation students in relation to their translation quality

امروزه مسئله ی اساسی در رویکرد های جدید زبانشناسی، ابعاد اجتماعی و ایدئولوژیک زبان تلقی می شود. گروه های مختلف اجتماعی، سیاسی و یا مذهبی از زبان به عنوان ابزاری برای دستیابی به اهداف درون گروهی خود استفاده می کنند (ون دایک، 2003). آنها معولا ایدئولوژی خود را صریحا ابراز نمی کنند بلکه آن را در غالب کلمات و ساختارهای زبانی پنهان نگه می دارند. تشخیص ایدئولوژی های پنهان در گفتمان نیازمند این موضوع ...