Critical Thinking and Subject Specificity: Clarification and Needed Research.

Ennis, Robert H.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Critical Thinking and Subject Specificity: Clarification and Needed Research.

Ennis, Robert H.

Educational Researcher, v18 n3 p4-10 Apr 1989

Examines the meaning of subject specificity, a crucial aspect of teaching and assessing critical thinking. Discusses a number of distinctions, including a distinction among domain, epistemological, and conceptual subject specificity. Outlines future research needs. (FMW)

Descriptors: Academic Education, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Instructional Development, Intellectual Disciplines, Research Needs, Semantics

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Language: English

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