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Direct linkCotter, Ellen M.; Tally, Carrie Sacco – Educational Research Quarterly, 2009
Although textbooks routinely include exercises to improve critical thinking skills, the effectiveness of these exercises has not been closely examined. Additionally, the connection between critical thinking skills and formal operational thought is also relatively understudied. In the study reported here, college students completed measures of…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Textbooks, Assignments
