Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 0 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
Critical Thinking | 5 |
Standards | 5 |
Thinking Skills | 3 |
Competence | 2 |
Language Usage | 2 |
Accuracy | 1 |
Beliefs | 1 |
Bias | 1 |
Cognitive Processes | 1 |
College Faculty | 1 |
College Students | 1 |
More ▼ |
Source
Journal of Developmental… | 5 |
Author
Elder, Linda | 5 |
Paul, Richard | 5 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 5 |
Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Paul, Richard; Elder, Linda – Journal of Developmental Education, 2013
In our last critical thinking column we introduced the idea of intellectual standards and pointed out that all natural languages are repositories for such standards, which, when appropriately applied, serve as guides for assessing human reasoning. We argued that intellectual standards are necessary for cultivating the intellect and living a…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Standards, Accuracy
Critical Thinking: Intellectual Standards Essential to Reasoning Well within Every Domain of Thought
Elder, Linda; Paul, Richard – Journal of Developmental Education, 2013
Students live in a world of thoughts. They accept some thoughts as true. They reject others as false. But the thoughts they perceive as true are sometimes false, unsound, or misleading. And the thoughts they perceive as false and trivial are sometimes true and significant. People don't automatically sense what is reasonable and what is…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Standards, Cognitive Processes
Elder, Linda; Paul, Richard – Journal of Developmental Education, 2013
In the last two columns in this critical thinking series we briefly introduced and discussed the concept of intellectual standards in connection with natural languages. We presented nine essential intellectual standards: clarity, precision, accuracy, relevance, depth, breadth, logicalness, significance, and fairness. These nine intellectual…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Standards, Languages, Language Usage
Elder, Linda; Paul, Richard – Journal of Developmental Education, 2012
In the last three columns the authors introduced the concept and provided several examples of critical thinking competency standards that target the cultivation of intellectual traits. In this column the authors continue the discussion of these competency standards that are essential to teaching and learning because they go beyond the development…
Descriptors: Competence, Critical Thinking, Standards, Thinking Skills
Critical Thinking: Competency Standards Essential for the Cultivation of Intellectual Skills, Part 1
Elder, Linda; Paul, Richard – Journal of Developmental Education, 2010
Much lip service is given to the notion that students are learning to think critically. Studies consistently show that though faculty say that critical thinking is important to their instruction, they have difficulty articulating a clear conception of it and demonstrating how they foster it. In order for students to learn critical thinking,…
Descriptors: Competence, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, College Students