Linda B. Nilson

Infusing Critical Thinking Into Your Course

A Concrete, Practical Approach

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Critical thinking-every scholar in the literature has defined it, but there is no clearly agreed upon definition. No wonder polls and surveys reveal that few college-level faculty can define critical thinking or know how to teach it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781642671681
• ISBN-10: 1642671681
• Artikelnr.: 60619353

Autorenporträt

Linda B. Nilson is founding director emeritus of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation (OTEI) at Clemson University and author of Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors, now in its fourth edition.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Promoting Critical Thinking to Your Students.
Being Nobody's Fool 2. The Critical Thinking Literature. A Sticky Thicket
3. Ten Reasons Why Teaching Critical Thinking Is So Challenging 4.
Formulating Critical Thinking Learning Outcomes 5. Fostering Your Students'
Cognitive Awareness to Teach Critical Thinking 6. Asking Your Students the
Right Questions to Teach Critical Thinking 7. Using the Most Effective
Methods to Teach Critical Thinking 8. Assessing Your Students' Critical
Thinking with Objective Items 9. Assessing Your Students' Critical Thinking
With Constructed-Response Questions and Tasks 10. Assessing Constructed
Responses Using Rubrics 11. Assessing Constructed Responses Using
Specifications Grading 12. Critical Thinking and the Promise of Higher
Education Appendix A. Discussion Activities for Various Purposes References
About the Author Index