The Learning Effectiveness About the Ability of Critical Thinking in General Courses and its Application of Institutional Research

It is imperative for higher education to cultivate students' critical thinking ability through general education courses. Nevertheless, it is not clear about the teaching effectiveness of the general education on critical thinking in colleges. One of the reasons is that the critical thinking is...

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Published in:Jiao yu yu xin li yan jiu 2017-12, Vol.40 (4), p.29-61
Main Authors: Chu, Jo-Ying, Lin, Eric S
Format: Article
Language:Chinese
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Critical thinking
Education Courses
General Education
Higher education
Teaching methods
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Summary:It is imperative for higher education to cultivate students' critical thinking ability through general education courses. Nevertheless, it is not clear about the teaching effectiveness of the general education on critical thinking in colleges. One of the reasons is that the critical thinking is extremely difficult to measure quantitatively. Therefore, there are very limited previous studies that empirically evaluate the effectiveness of General education on critical thinking. The study focuses on the performance evaluation of the critical thinking ability through general education courses in T University, and then investigates how the concept of critical thinking can be well practiced in the general education courses. There are four purposes of this study: First, the weight setting of the core ability about critical thinking will be analyzed to understand how those courses enhance students" ability. Second, the syllabi of general education courses are inspected to know how to cultivate the critical thinking t
ISSN:1024-9885
DOI:10.3966/102498852017124004002