The advancement of Internet bought potential to engage learners in practicing using critical thinking skills by searching the information to solve any given academic problems. This study investigated a model incorporating the interaction between Internet search strategies and motivation, in influencing critical thinking skill. A web survey was conducted to gather data from 307 subjects from Uni...

Critical thinking, especially complex levels, is a challenging skill set to cultivate in traditional classrooms using typical curriculum materials. A serious game called Research Quest: Dino Lab, developed as part of the Natural History Museum of Utah's new prototype critical thinking curriculum Research Quests, was designed to facilitate higher levels of critical thinking in junior high school...

Critical thinking is a learned skill that requires instruction and practice. Business education instructors at both the secondary and post-secondary levels can enhance students’ critical thinking skills by (1) using instructional strategies that actively engage students in the learning process rather than relying on lecture and rote memorization, (2) focusing instruction on the process of learn...

This paper discusses infusing the critical thinking skill of finding reasons and conclusions in a basic computer science course, ICS 201: Introduction to CS, which is the second course in the series of three introductory courses in our curriculum [8]. Software engineers usually use certain design in a program or algorithm without fully considering the effects of that decision. The critical thin...

Abstract The present study aimed to explore the impact of teaching critical thinking skills through applying debate on the use of communicative strategies. At first 60 intermediate students were selected and placed in two homogenous groups of control and experimental through passing Nelson test. Then, a critical thinking appraisal was run to the two groups both before and after the treatment. T...

Introduction: The current world needs people who have a lot of different abilities such as cognition and application of different ways of thinking, research, problem solving, critical thinking skills and creativity. In addition to critical thinking, learning styles is another key factor which has an essential role in the process of problem solving. This study aimed to determine the relationship...