Development of critical thinking skills: An analysis of academic library experiences and other measures

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 266-273

  Whitmire, Ethelene ^a  

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EID: 0032375694     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.59.3.266     Document Type: Article

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2. Alexander W. Astin, Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education (Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Pr., 1993); Sonia Bodi, "Critical Thinking and Bibliographic Instruction: The Relationship," Journal of Academic Librarianship 14 (1988): 150-53; Diane F. Halpern, "Assessing the Effectiveness of Critical Thinking Instruction," Journal of General Education 42 (1993): 238-54; Ernest T. Pascarella et al, "Is Differential Exposure to College Linked to the Development of Critical Thinking?" Research in Higher Education 37 (1996): 159-74.
3. Alexander W. Astin, Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education (Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Pr., 1993); Sonia Bodi, "Critical Thinking and Bibliographic Instruction: The Relationship," Journal of Academic Librarianship 14 (1988): 150-53; Diane F. Halpern, "Assessing the Effectiveness of Critical Thinking Instruction," Journal of General Education 42 (1993): 238-54; Ernest T. Pascarella et al, "Is Differential Exposure to College Linked to the Development of Critical Thinking?" Research in Higher Education 37 (1996): 159-74.
4. Alexander W. Astin, Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education (Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Pr., 1993); Sonia Bodi, "Critical Thinking and Bibliographic Instruction: The Relationship," Journal of Academic Librarianship 14 (1988): 150-53; Diane F. Halpern, "Assessing the Effectiveness of Critical Thinking Instruction," Journal of General Education 42 (1993): 238-54; Ernest T. Pascarella et al, "Is Differential Exposure to College Linked to the Development of Critical Thinking?" Research in Higher Education 37 (1996): 159-74.
5. Ernest T. Pascarella and Patrick T. Terenzini, How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991).
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8. John C. Ory and Larry A. Braskamp, "Involvement and Growth of Students in Three Academic Programs," Research in Higher Education 28 (1988): 116-29; Patrick T. Terenzini et al, "First-Generation College Students: Characteristics, Experiences, and Cognitive Development," Research in Higher Education 37 (1996): 1-22; _, "Academic and Out-of-Class Influences on Student' Intellectual Orientations," Review of Higher Education 19 (1995): 23-44; _, "Influences Affecting the Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills," Research in Higher Education 36 (1995): 23-39.
9. John C. Ory and Larry A. Braskamp, "Involvement and Growth of Students in Three Academic Programs," Research in Higher Education 28 (1988): 116-29; Patrick T. Terenzini et al, "First-Generation College Students: Characteristics, Experiences, and Cognitive Development," Research in Higher Education 37 (1996): 1-22; _, "Academic and Out-of-Class Influences on Student' Intellectual Orientations," Review of Higher Education 19 (1995): 23-44; _, "Influences Affecting the Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills," Research in Higher Education 36 (1995): 23-39.
10. John C. Ory and Larry A. Braskamp, "Involvement and Growth of Students in Three Academic Programs," Research in Higher Education 28 (1988): 116-29; Patrick T. Terenzini et al, "First-Generation College Students: Characteristics, Experiences, and Cognitive Development," Research in Higher Education 37 (1996): 1-22; _, "Academic and Out-of-Class Influences on Student' Intellectual Orientations," Review of Higher Education 19 (1995): 23-44; _, "Influences Affecting the Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills," Research in Higher Education 36 (1995): 23-39.
11. John C. Ory and Larry A. Braskamp, "Involvement and Growth of Students in Three Academic Programs," Research in Higher Education 28 (1988): 116-29; Patrick T. Terenzini et al, "First-Generation College Students: Characteristics, Experiences, and Cognitive Development," Research in Higher Education 37 (1996): 1-22; _, "Academic and Out-of-Class Influences on Student' Intellectual Orientations," Review of Higher Education 19 (1995): 23-44; _, "Influences Affecting the Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills," Research in Higher Education 36 (1995): 23-39.
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13. Lizabeth A. Wilson, "Changing Users: Bibliographic Instruction for Whom?" in The Evolving Educational Mission of the Library, eds. Betsy Baker and Mary Ellen Litzinger (Chicago: ACRL, 1992), 30-31.
14. Sonia Bodi, "Collaborating with Faculty in Teaching Critical Thinking: The Role of Librarians," Research Strategies 10 (1992): 69-76.
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16. Joan Ormondroyd, "The Role of the Library in Promoting Critical Thinking in the Classroom and Beyond," in Russian-American Seminar on Critical Thinking and the Library, vols. 200/ 201 eds. Cerise Oberman and Dennis Kimmage (Champaign, Ill.: Univ. of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1995), 119-25.
17. Bodi, "Collaborating with Faculty in Teaching Critical Thinking," 69-76.
18. _, "Critical Thinking and Bibliographic Instruction: The Relationship," 150-53.
19. Eugene A. Engeldinger, "Bibliographic Instruction and Critical Thinking: The Contribution of the Annotated Bibliography," RQ 28 (1988): 195-202.
20. Ory and Braskamp, "Involvement and Growth of Students in Three Academic Programs," 116-29.
21. C. Robert Pace, Measuring the Quality of College Student Experiences (Los Angeles: Univ. of California Higher Education Research Institute, 1984).
22. Ory and Braskamp, "Involvement and Growth of Students in Three Academic Programs," 116-29.
23. Terenzini et al, "Influences Affecting the Development of Students' Critical Thinking Skills," 23-39.
24. _, "Academic and Out-of-Class Influences on Student' Intellectual Orientations," 23-44.
25. Astin, Assessment for Excellence.
26. Pace, Measuring the Quality of College Student Experiences.
27. Ibid.