Teaching Critical Thinking for Transfer Across Domains: Dispositions, Skills, Structure Training, and Metacognitive Monitoring

American Psychologist

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-455

  Halpern, Diane F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; THINKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; MALE; THINKING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VOLITION;

EID: 0032042223     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.53.4.449     Document Type: Article

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