Exploring cultural differences in critical thinking: Is it about my thinking style or the language I speak?

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 604-616

  Lun, Vivian Miu Chi ^a,b   Fischer, Ronald ^a   Ward, Colleen ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Cultural differences; Dialectical thinking; English proficiency; International education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149499785     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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