Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking and Problem-Based Learning in Higher Education: A Scoping Review
By Kathrine Liedtke Thorndahl, Diana Stentoft. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2020
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It is often assumed that problem-based learning is an effective approach for fostering the development and/or improvement of students’ critical thinking. To shed light on the connection between problem-based learning and critical thinking, this scoping review maps out how the notion of critical thinking is conceptualized in relation to problem-based learning in the literature about problem-based learning in the context of higher education. Eight academic databases were searched and a total of 66 peer-reviewed articles were identified as eligible for review. Our findings indicate that there is a plurality of positions regarding the meaning of critical thinking and the concept’s relation to problem-based learning. What is more, more often than not, no explicit explanation for why this connection is thought to exist is presented.
Subfields: Education, Media Technology
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- A meta-analysis of the effects of problem-based learning on students' creative thinking in mathematics (2020, background): “Indeed, the learning process involving contextual problems can develop students' creative mathematical thinking (Maskur et al., 2020; Mustofa & Hidayah, 2020; Sugiharto et al., 2019; Thorndahl & Stentoft, 2020).”
- Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, and Collaboration: Assessment, Certification, and Promotion of 21st Century Skills for the Future of Work and Education (2023, methodology): “A few tools, such as case studies or concept mapping, can also be used in conjunction with a problem-based learning method, both in individual and team contexts and in person or online (Abrami et al. 2015; Carmichael and Farrell 2012; Popil 2011; Thorndahl and Stentoft 2020).”