Critical thinking in a first year management unit: The relationship between disciplinary learning, academic literacy and learning progression

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-315

  Hammer, Sara Jeanne ^a   Green, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic literacy; Critical thinking; Graduate attributes and skills; Taxonomies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956334669     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2010.501075     Document Type: Article

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