the present study was conducted to investigate how efl learners with distinct levels of emotional intelligence might benefit from critical thinking-based instruction and use different language learning strategies. a further concern of this study was to investigate the relationship among critical thinking, language learning strategy, and emotional intelligence of efl learners. to this end, 88 ef...

How is intellectual virtue related to critical thinking? Can one be a thinker without exercising virtue? intellectually virtuous thereby being thinker? should our answers these questions inform the instruction of These were informing 2023 Charles McCracken endowed lectureships given at Michigan State University by Professors Harvey Siegel and Jason Baehr. This brief commentary introduces their ...

Critical thinking is the most valuable skill that schools can bequeath to their graduates. Teaching for critical thinking has always been a learning goal for teachers across all disciplines and levels. However, this outcome is not always accomplished. Critical thinking competence requires a philosophical shift from output to process, learning to thinking and subject isolation to subject integra...

Practical and effective faculty development programs are vital to individual and institutional success. However, there is little evidence that program outcomes result in instructional changes. The purpose of this study was to determine if and how faculty development would enhance participants' use of critical thinking skills in instruction. Seven faculty members from the University of Florida C...

For over a decade, seeking higher test scores has pushed critical thinking in social studies to the background. This quasi-experimental quantitative study demonstrates that critical thinking lessons do not negatively impact test scores for eighth grade social studies students. For ten weeks, 116 students in a multiethnic, suburban school were divided into two groups – one taught using mainly cr...

Although nurse educators have designed many techniques for enhancing critical-thinking skills in clinical and seminar settings, lectures also remain an integral part of nursing education. The author offers practical active learning strategies for promoting critical thinking in large classroom instruction.

Halpern (1998) proposed a four-component model for promoting the transfer of critical thinking. One of them, the "structural component," focuses on how to organize teaching so that critical thinking skills can be generalized. Here, we assess the efficiency of that type of organization. Thus, one group of university students received instruction following the suggestions specified in that compon...