Measure for Measure: The Challenge of Assessing Critical Thinking

Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology: A Handbook of Best Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 59-75

  Halonen, Jane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessing critical thinking; Clarify performance expectations; Critical thinking contextual the discipline and developmental level contribution; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE); Measure for measure challenge of assessing critical thinking; National Standards for Introductory Psychology (American Psychological Association, 2000); Student self assessment requirement; Student's view of risks involved in critical thinking; beroutcome of psychology

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EID: 84889377835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305173.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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