The development of critical thinking: Does college make a difference?

From: Journal of College Student Development | Date: September 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Students who attended college for one year were found to score higher in critical thinking than a matched group of students who did not attend.

A considerable body of research has addressed the issue of the influence of college on student learning. (For recent reviews of this research see Bowen, 1977, and Pascarella, 1985). This research has suggested three general conclusions. First, students seem to make significant and substantial gains during college in standardized measures of specific content knowledge such as those developed by the American College Testing Program or the Educational ...

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