Instructional Interventions Affecting Critical Thinking Skills and Dispositions: A Stage 1 Meta-Analysis

By Philip C. Abrami, Robert M. Bernard, Evgueni F Borokhovski, Anne Wade, Michael A. Surkes, Rana M. Tamim, Dai Zhang. 2008

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Improving critical thinking: Effects of dispositions and instructions on economics students' reasoning skills (2014, background): “According to Abrami et al. (2008), existing studies on critical thinking instruction often lack a powerful empirical design (see also McMillan, 1987; Ten Dam & Volman, 2004; Wolcott, Baril, Cunningham, Fordham, & St.”
Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking and Problem-Based Learning in Higher Education: A Scoping Review (2020, background): “…education, no matter the particular discipline, is expected to contribute positively to the development of students’ abilities for critical thinking (Abrami et al., 2008; Bailin & Siegel, 2003; Johnston, Mitchell, Myles, & Ford, 2011; Kilby, 2004; Roth, 2010; Siegel, 1980; 1990; Winch, 2006).”
Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment Predicts Real-World Outcomes of Critical Thinking (2012, background): “There is much evidence that critical thinking skills can be taught and learned (for reviews, see Abrami et al., 2008; Chance, 1986; Halpern, 2003; Moseley et al., 2005; Nisbett, 1992), and researchers have discovered that explicit critical thinking instruction is more beneficial than implicit…”
Effectiveness of Critical Thinking Instruction in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies (2013, neutral): “This finding does not support the one by Abrami et al. (2008) in which the immersion approach was clearly reported the least effective compared to the infusion approach.”
Synthesizing Results From Empirical Research on Computer-Based Scaffolding in STEM Education (2016, background): “An early meta-analysis of these critical thinking approaches indicated that immersion led to a statistically lower average effect size ( ḡ = 0.09) than the remaining approaches (Abrami et al., 2008), but a more comprehensive follow-up found no differences between them (Abrami et al., 2015).”
The Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment and real-world outcomes: Cross-national applications (2012, background): “There is a large body of empirical evidence showing that critical thinking skills can be taught (for reviews, see Abrami et al., 2008; Chance, 1986; Halpern, 2003; Moseley et al., 2005; Nisbett, 1992), and that explicit critical thinking instruction is more beneficial than implicit instruction…”
Argumentation, Dialogue Theory, and Probability Modeling: Alternative Frameworks for Argumentation Research in Education (2011, background): “The efficacy of this direct approach still needs to be more fully researched, but a meta-analysis by Abrami et al. (2008) suggests that effect sizes in critical thinking instruction, on both skills and thinking dispositions, are related to how explicitly critical thinking goals and objectives are…”
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills In Higher Education: A Review Of The Literature (2011, background): “The following recommendations are made: (1) statistical significance should not be the only criterion for instructors to consider when choosing new teaching methods; (2) multiple test measures, including quantitative and qualitative, should be used to assess changes in students’ critical thinking sk”
A Review of Meta-Analyses in Education (2012, methodology): “For instance, in a meta-analysis by Abrami et al. (2008), sources of variation in effect sizes were examined using the following eight variables: research design (M), method of effect size extraction (M), age (U), type of intervention (O), pedagogical grounding (O), and collaborative learning (O). C”
The Effects of Microteaching on the Critical Thinking Dispositions of Pre-service Teachers (2015, background): “These studies showed that the learning experiences of pre-service teachers in teacher preparation programs are among the crucial factors affecting their critical thinking skills and dispositions (Abrami et al., 2008).”
Using Critical Thinking Teaching Methods to Increase Student Success: An Action Research Project. (2017, background): “The emergence of a knowledge-based economy over a once dominant manufacturing economy means that positive outcomes are dependent on critical thinking abilities (Abrami et al., 2008; Ahuna, Tinnesz & Keiner, 2014; Meepian & Wannapiroon, 2013). While no universal definition of critical thinking has be”