Diversity and collegiate experiences affecting self-perceived gains in critical thinking: Which works, and who benefits?

Journal of General Education

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-34

  Cole, Darnell ^a   Zhou, Ji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive disequilibrium; Critical thinking; Diversity; Self perceived gains in critical thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896270387     PISSN: 00213667     EISSN: 15272060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jge.2014.0000     Document Type: Article

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