How to improve critical thinking using educational technology
T. van Gelder 2001 ASCILITE

Critical thinking is highly valued but difficult to teach effectively. The Reason! project at the University of Melbourne 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 the challenge involved, the theoretical basis of the Reason! project, the Reason!Able software, and results of intensive evaluation of the Reason! approach.

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Subject: Education
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Research Results, Conference Paper
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Use of Technology, Cognitive DomainKeywords: critical thinking, reasoning, argument, practice, transfer, argument maps, evaluation, pre & post-testing