Individual-level critical thinking instruction has an unimpressive track record, motivating communal-level intervention¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? Teaching critical thinking as an individual cognitive correction has an unimpressive track record, so the authors conjecture a communal-level intervention may be optimal. → Trninic 2018

Evidence¶

Trninic 2018¶

Trninic, D., Swanson, H., & Kapur, M. (2018). Productive dissent in learning communities. Instructional Science, 46(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-018-9466-0

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Theoretical argument in the introduction: the article reports, citing Lilienfeld et al. 2009, that the individual-level approach of correcting cognitive errors has an "unimpressive track record," and offers the communal-level conjecture as an alternative. No empirical test is reported here.

"However, even scholars sympathetic to this approach acknowledge its unimpressive track record (e.g., Lilienfeld et al. 2009). Instead, we conjecture that a communal-level intervention may be an optimal strategy for teaching even apparently individual traits, such as critical thinking."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Critical Thinking — outcome: instruction changes it

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