Critical Thinking: Literature Review and Needed Research

By L. Idol, Beau Jones. 2013

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Using Teacher Questions to Enhance EFL Students' Critical Thinking Ability (2014, background): “In the analysis of Kennedy et al. (1991), the three highest levels of skills (analysis, synthesis and evaluation) are often representative of critical thinking.”
The Use of Newspaper Articles as a Tool to Develop Critical Thinking in Science Classes (2013, background): “Their function is to motivate and give meaning to learning (Ten Dam & Volman, 2004), but more specifically, they are important for promoting the development of critical thinking and recognising how science is used to argue points of view (Kennedy et al., 1991; Oliveras & Sanmartı́, 2009).”
Key skills for the 21st century: An evidence-based review (2017, background): “instructional interventions support the development of critical thinking skills (Abrami et al., 2008; Kennedy et al., 1991; Lai, 2011).”
Defining Critical Thinking (2011, background): “Kennedy, Fisher, and Ennis (1991) claimed “agreement on a definition of and a vocabulary for critical thinking is needed in order to get a better idea of what should be assessed by a critical thinking evaluation instrument.”