Teaching Critical Thinking in Non-Western Contexts
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Teaching critical thinking.
The ability to make decisions based on data, with its inherent uncertainties and variability, is a complex and vital skill in the modern world. The need for such quantitative critical thinking occurs in many different contexts, and although it is an important goal of education, that goal is seldom being achieved. We argue that the key element for developing this ability is repeated practice in ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: MANUSYA
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0859-9920,2665-9077
DOI: 10.1163/26659077-00403008