Measuring Critical Thinking in Problem-Based Learning Discourse

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-35

  Kamin, Carol S ^a,c   O'Sullivan, Patricia S ^b   Younger, Monica ^a   Deterding, Robin ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; THINKING;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; THINKING;

EID: 0035653225     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328015TLM1301_6     Document Type: Article

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