Amajor programmeof research on cognition has been built around the idea that human beings are frequently intuitive thinkers and that human intuition is imperfect.Themodernmarketing of politics and the time-poor position ofmany citizens suggests that ‘fast’, intuitive, thinking inmany contemporary democracies is ubiquitous. This article explores the consequences that such fast thinking might hav...

PURPOSE To determine whether critical thinking in problem-based learning (PBL) group discourse differed according to case modality. METHOD The study was conducted in 2000 in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. Third-year medical students on their pediatrics clerkship were divided into three groups: face-to-face with a text case, face-to-fac...

Purpose – This paper seeks to describe a framework used to help MBA students understand and reconcile the different sustainability perspectives. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the corporate sustainability literature is undertaken to develop the sustainability framework. Findings – The sustainability framework relates basic concepts and assumptions within the ecocentric, ecological mo...

This research is an analysis of88 first-year portfolio cover letters from the Spring 2000 English 102 Program Assessment at the University of Nevada, Reno. This analysis focuses on what these students viewed as the rhetorical purposes of cover letters. The goal of this study was to apply the theories of Aristotle, Toulmin, and Burke to these letters to analyze their appellate, argumentative, an...

This article isolates and observes the impact of peer readership on low-stakes reflective writing assignments in two large Introduction to Sociology classes. Through a comparative content analysis of over 2,000 private reflective journal entries and semipublic reflective blog posts, I find that both practices produce distinct forms of reflection. I argue that these differences can be understood...

Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) brought about a significant paradigm shift in the education and training of learners in South Africa. OBE requires a shift from focusing on the teacher input (instruction offerings or syllabuses expressed in terms of content), to focusing on learner outcomes. OBE is moving away from 'transmission' models to constructivistic, learner-centered models that put emphas...

The aim of this paper is to present the essence reflective thinking and reflection on one’s own practice as an educator. This because it basis for understanding actions making sense pedagogical activity. first part a presentation contemporary literature self-improvement, critical thinking, reflection. second presents research children’s creativity example reflecting practice.

The purpose of the study is to determine effect argumentation-based inquiry approach (ABI) and STEM-supported ABI on students’ academic achievement, scientific creativity reflective thinking skills for problem solving, students' views about process. Explanatory sequential design, one mixed research methods, was used in study. A total 41students (N=20 boys, n=21 girls) studying seventh grade a s...