Investigating students' level of critical thinking across instructional strategies in online discussions

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 52-59

  Richardson, Jennifer C ^a   Ice, Phil ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive presence; Community of Inquiry; Critical thinking; Distance education; Instructional strategies; Online discussions

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE PRESENCE; COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY; CRITICAL THINKING; INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INTERMODULATION; INTERMODULATION MEASUREMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 76349106408     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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