Assessing Critical Thinking: A College's Journey and Lessons Learned

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Peach, Brian E ^a   Mukherjee, Arup ^a   Hornyak, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; critical thinking; student learning outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249189926     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEB.82.6.313-320     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International. (2003). Eligibility procedures and standards for business accreditation, AACSB International. St. Louis, MO: Author.
2. American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). (1986). Defining and assessing baccalaureate skills: Ten case studies. Washington, DC: Author.
3. Armenakis, A. A., Harris, S. G. & Mossholder, K. W. (1993). Creating readiness for organizational change. Human Relations, 46(6), 681-703.
4. Banta, T. A. (2001). Assessing competence in higher education. In C. A. Palomba & T. A. Panda, (Eds.), Assessing Student Competence in Accredited Disciplines. (pp. 1-12). Sterling, VA: Stylus.
5. Banta, T. W., Lund, J. P., Black, K. E., & Oblander, F. W. (1996). Assessment in practice—putting principles to work on college campuses. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.
6. Bloom, B. S. (Ed.). (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of education goals, Handbook 1. Cognitive domain. New York: McKay.
7. Dalal, N. P. (1994). Higher order thinking in MIS. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 34(4), 26-30.
8. Guillemette, R. A. (1991). Domains of educational objectives: An information systems perspective. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 31(4), 18-25.
9. Hannan, M. T., & Freeman, J. (1984). Structural inertia and organizational change. American Sociological Review, 49(2), 149-164.
10. Jenkins, E. K. (1998). The significant role of critical thinking in predicting auditing students' performance. Journal of Education for Business, 73, 274-279.
11. Kurfiss, J. G. (1988). Critical Thinking: Theory, Research, Practice, and Possibilities. ASHEERIC Higher Education Report No. 2. Washington, DC: ASHE.
12. Mager, R. F. (1973). Measuring instructional intent. Belmont, CA: Fearon.
13. Maki, P. L. (2004). Assessing for learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus.
14. Martell, J., & Calderon, T. (2005). Assessment in business schools: What it is, where we are, and where we need to go. In K. Martell & Calderon, T., (Eds.), Assessment of student learning in business schools: Best practices each step of the way (pp. 1-26). Tallahassee, FL: Association For Institutional Research.
15. Mundhenk, R. T. (2005). Assessment in the context of accreditation. In Martell, J., & Calderon, T., (Eds.), Assessment of student learning in business schools: Best practices each step of the way (pp. 27-42). Tallahassee, FL: Association For Institutional Research.
16. Assessment essentials: Planning, implementing, and improving assessment in higher education Palomba, C. A., & Banta, T. W. (1999). San Francisco, CA: Jossey—Bass.
17. Piderit, S. K. (2000). Rethinking resistance and recognizing ambivalence: A multidimensional view of attitudes toward an organizational change. Academy of Management Review, 25, 783-794.
18. Wolcott, S. K. (2005). Assessment of critical thinking. In Martell, K., & T. Calderon (Eds.), Assessment of student learning in Business schools: Best practices each step of the way (pp. 130-153). Tallahassee, FL: Association For Institutional Research.