ERIC Number: ED467972
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Publication Date: 2001-Dec
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How To Improve Critical Thinking Using Educational Technology.
van Gelder, Tim
Critical thinking is highly valued but difficult to teach effectively. The Reason! project at the University of Melbourne (Australia) has developed the Reason!Able software as part of a general method aimed at enhancing critical thinking skills. Students using Reason!Able appear to make dramatic gains. This paper describes: (1) the challenge involved; (2) the theoretical basis of the Reason! project, including the Quality Practice Hypothesis, situated cognition, and the need for computers; (3) the Reason!Able software; (4) quality practice in the Reason!Able environment, including guidance, scaffolding, feedback, and motivation; and (5) results of intensive evaluation of the Reason! approach. (Contains 15 references.) (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Quality Control, Skill Development, Technology Uses in Education, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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