Critical Thinking and Subject Specificity: Clarification and Needed Research

Educational Researcher

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 4-10

  Ennis, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84965431687     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X018003004     Document Type: Article

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